I was at the hardware store Saturday and found this:
It is a battery operated pump about 3ft. long used to transfer heating oil and kerosene via siphon and operates on 2 D batteries. The black straight stick part goes into the source, the clear flexible tubing goes into the receiving container (This is the only pic on the web I could find, I didn't take a pic myself) and the entire thing is made of plastic. Anyway, I picked one up for $8 and it works awesome. I leave it in a 5 gallon water jug which sits hidden next to my tank in the corner and the flex tubing reaches around the back of the stand into the sump. When I need to top-off I flip the switch on the handle and in a few seconds it's back up to the correct level and I switch it off. They also sell a hand operated version that you squeeze to start the siphon for $3. This is sooo much better than pouring in water from a jug all the time and I can't believe I stumbled onto this. I bought it at Menards which is a large hardware store here in the midwest. I don't know if they're located all over but HD or Lowes would have the same thing.
It is a battery operated pump about 3ft. long used to transfer heating oil and kerosene via siphon and operates on 2 D batteries. The black straight stick part goes into the source, the clear flexible tubing goes into the receiving container (This is the only pic on the web I could find, I didn't take a pic myself) and the entire thing is made of plastic. Anyway, I picked one up for $8 and it works awesome. I leave it in a 5 gallon water jug which sits hidden next to my tank in the corner and the flex tubing reaches around the back of the stand into the sump. When I need to top-off I flip the switch on the handle and in a few seconds it's back up to the correct level and I switch it off. They also sell a hand operated version that you squeeze to start the siphon for $3. This is sooo much better than pouring in water from a jug all the time and I can't believe I stumbled onto this. I bought it at Menards which is a large hardware store here in the midwest. I don't know if they're located all over but HD or Lowes would have the same thing.
