The predicament all us South Africans are facing during the crisis of relying on our poorly managed power supplier is of finding the most effective way to refuel your generator. Since we cannot rely on our friendly SOE supplier, the rising cost of Diesel makes for a more dire situation as wastage becomes an even more sensitive subject.
For those companies and individuals owning generators will be happy to know that there are a few great ways to refuel their diesel powered backups.
Unless your generator can drive itself to your nearest petrol station, one would need to extract the fuel or diesel from the container or drum that is needed to be brought to the generator itself.
The packaging from the Diesel supplier would determine the most efficient way of transferring the fuel to the machines tank.
Diesel is often supplied in 210 Litre mild steel drums and 1000 Litre tanks if buying on a bulk basis. The 1000 litre tanks are termed Diesel Bowsers and would either be delivered to your door or decanted into smaller barrels that are more easily moved once on site.
Whichever packaging or delivery arrangement you have with your supplier, the fuel can easily be pumped or dispensed from the 210 Litre drums with a Diesel Drum Pump.
A manually operated drum pump is the most cost effective, reliable and popular method of transferring diesel and ensuring minimum spillage. Simply inserted into the drum of diesel and manually operated to pump out any volume of diesel required.
Our Cast Iron Rotary Diesel Drum Pump is considered a durable workhorse that will never let you down. For mammoth generators with large tanks, our Fast Flow AVH100 Diesel Pump is a guaranteed winner that gets the job done in a matter of minutes.
Keeping account of the overall transfer of Diesel is important as we all know how it has become a needed resource to keep the proverbial engine running. Monitoring the fuel pumped is easily measured using a Diesel Flow Meter that is attached to the drum pump.
Flow meters come in various operating types and price points.
South African Diesel suppliers are finding it difficult to get high grade fuel and in turn can affect the overall life of the engine. A Diesel pump filter ensures contaminant free fuel and lower maintenance to the generator.
