[Public-list] Water Tank volume

[Gordon Laco]

Now THAT is bloody brilliant!

Gord #426 Surprise




> Pete,  on Quest, (liner boat) my  tank holds around 24 gallons.  I
> measured it several years ago when I installed a simple tank gauge.
> 
> The gauge, if anyone's interested, was made by drilling a small hole in
> the top of the tank and epoxying a small copper tube through the hole to
> the bottom of the tank.  The top of the tube sits about an inch above the
> top of the tank.  attached to the top of the copper tube is a clear
> aquarium type plastic tube that snakes down across the bottom of the stbd.
> drawer cavity and emerges at the very bottom of the liner next to the
> bulkhead.  There the clear tube runs up the bulkhead just inside the
> forward cabin.  It is attached to a strip of wood about the size of a
> yardstick that has tick marks on the wood.  The water level the tube
> mirrors that in the tank.  There is a little cap on the top of the tube to
> keep any water from jostling out when healed.  I used a one gallon jug and
> filled the tank marking off each increment on the yardstick.  around 23
> gallons it's pretty close to the top but can hold just a little more
> before overflowing.
> 
> Unlike everything else on my boat,  it always works.  Probably more than
> you wanted to know,
> 
> Richard Hazlegrove
> Quest #433
> Mobjack Bay, Va. 
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