Dan, Put them on a battery. They will probably work fine. The charger supplies half wave AC to charge a DC battery, not solid DC as needed by the pumps.
Jeff On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:45:26 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) "Dan Heath" <da...@alltel.net> writes: > I have tried pouring gasoline down the line and it just dribbles > through. > Tonight, I was using water to avoid the stink of the fuel as I had > to be > inside. One time I tried the liquid above the pumps and another time > I tried > it below the pumps. > > They are described as self priming. > > I do remember the clacking sound of the pump that I had on my first > KR and > this does not sound like that at all. > > I will try the battery tomorrow as this is a cheap charger. > > Thanks for all the input. I will let you know how it goes.