Is this a bomb?

[ProbablyBroke]

I'm putting a fuel cell in the bed of my ranger. Cell is a plastic 10 gallon from summit with fuel fittings on the top. Has an aluminum pickup tube going from top of the tank to the bottom.

My plan was to use the in tank fuel pump from my oem gas tank in the bottom of the fuel cell. It'll require expert hose clamp application and some large diameter fuel line. My question is how do I SAFELY get the 12volt power and ground to the outside of the cell? I'm not opposed to drilling a small hole in the cell or running it under the the rubber gasket that mates the flange to the cell. My concern is chafing the wires, grounding the power wire and having an explosion.

Let's hear it.

 

[Fabrik8]

You need a bulkhead connector for the power and ground and the sending unit signal if you have one. Just Google "fuel tank bulkhead connector" or something like that.

This works too, it's a gland fitting that passes the wires through the fuel cell wall instead of mounting a bulkhead connector to the fuel cell wall. Cheap too:
ATL Electrical Bulkhead Fittings CFD-504

With the gland fitting, you would wire from the fuel pump, out through the gland fitting, and put a connector on the wires a foot or two after that. Then you have a disconnect point at that connector if you need to remove the tank, etc. If you're using a bulkhead connector, that is the disconnect obviously. So you end up with the same functionality either way.

 

[ProbablyBroke]

Thanks. Case closed. That makes me feel better.

 

[frankenyoter]

Just get a holley blue pump and mount in line.

 

[ProbablyBroke]

I ended up mounting the stock ranger pump in the tank and buying the bulkhead fitting. Seems to work well and I might have saved 10$.

 

[frankenyoter]

Right on. I pulled the pump off the cruiser and was going to offer it to you, but it sounds like you have it covered.

 

[ProbablyBroke]

Such a sweetheart

 

[frankenyoter]

Future benevolance has been canceled.