I am currently installing an electric fuel pump and before I put fuel through it, I just want to make sure that the pump itself works. I am tired of buying brand new electrical parts then installing them to find out that they are bad out of the box.
I wanted to test the pump just to see if it would spin before I mounted it up. So I quickly put the black wire on the negative side of the battery and then touched the red wire on the positive side of the battery and all I got was a spark at the positive battery terminal. I then decided that this may not be the best way to test it, so now I am asking how to test it properly before I mount it.

Thanks