Pump for your plastic cans.

RalphVa

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Jan 19, 2020
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Charlottesville
I recently used my Tera pump for the first time. The B2601 has 2.6 hours on it.

Put 2 gallons in a container from the generator's tank. Sat container on the B's brake pedals. Inserted Tera pump into container and other end in top of B's fuel tank. Turned it on. It stopped at around 3/4 gone by the auto stop built into the Tera pump.
 

William1

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Equipment
BX25D
Jul 28, 2015
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Richmond, Virginia
I have a tera pump. I got t when they were inexpensive, about $20 for the four AA one. Auto shut off did not work. Tera said to end it back (at my expense) but I could not due to it having gasoline vapors. Flow was slow too. Then it would not stay switch on, I had to hold the 'on' button in. I stopped using it. Saw the same one, in less than a year, nearly tripled in price.

I use a heavy, steel Justrite. Fill with only three gallons (I rarely use that much in a busy week) and the handle shut off gives me good control. I found a 1" (IIRC) PVC plumbing pipe cap covers the spout snugly when not in use to keep it clean.
 

lynnmor

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B2601-1
May 3, 2021
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Red Lion
I have a tera pump. I got t when they were inexpensive, about $20 for the four AA one. Auto shut off did not work. Tera said to end it back (at my expense) but I could not due to it having gasoline vapors. Flow was slow too. Then it would not stay switch on, I had to hold the 'on' button in. I stopped using it. Saw the same one, in less than a year, nearly tripled in price.

I use a heavy, steel Justrite. Fill with only three gallons (I rarely use that much in a busy week) and the handle shut off gives me good control. I found a 1" (IIRC) PVC plumbing pipe cap covers the spout snugly when not in use to keep it clean.
I don’t think that the generation 4 ever sold for $20, they just came out last year. The switch had been improved.
The flow rate depends on the height it needs to pump, I pump from the floorboard without issue. Today I pumped 5 gallons of kerosene into a heater that was level with the can, that took very little time.
 

onlytrueromeo

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L2501
Feb 14, 2022
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Upstate NY
I bought this model A-TRFA01-V3-001 3 years ago and use it for gas and diesel. It fills the boat and the tractor. No issues other than it flows too fast when pumping to a lower elevation.
 

William1

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BX25D
Jul 28, 2015
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Richmond, Virginia
I don’t think that the generation 4 ever sold for $20, they just came out last year. The switch had been improved.
The flow rate depends on the height it needs to pump, I pump from the floorboard without issue. Today I pumped 5 gallons of kerosene into a heater that was level with the can, that took very little time.
I attached the link right from my amazon sales order from over two years ago. I still have the box (I think) out in the barn. If I remember it, I'll bring it in .
Just looked up the invoice. I was wrong. $32.99 December of 2018 for a Second Gen TERAPUMP TRFA01

I pumped sitting on top of the tank down, lift only needed to get the flow going.