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David Kummerle
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May 05, 2009 04:10 PDT
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Don and Gwen on Tackless II put a Tank Tender. You can buy a variety of
test positions, from a few up to 5 or maybe even 10. Measures any fluids,
fuel, water, sewage, whatever. Doesn't cross contaminate. They are
expensive, but if you are in the middle of nowhere, and get screwed, it
might not seem like so much.
For dipping, why don't you drain the tanks completely, CLEAN the mothers
real well, especailly the bottoms, and put say 5 gallons, mark the stick.
Use a wood dowel or something long enough to reach the bottom and put a
notch with a knife where the wet mark is. Put 5 more, mark the stick.
Those old western gun fighters,didn't they do the same thing? Doesn't
matter what the shape of the tank is, mark the stick all the way to full.
For unusable fuel, there is no guarantee that whom ever made the tank put in
the stick tube. Maybe CSY was short on copper tubing on your lucky day. Or
the jerk that measured the tubing couldn't read a ruler. Or forgot just
WHICH model boat he was working on. Or was hung over. Or stoned. If your
boat was built in the Virgin Islands, I'd jump on any of those! The tube is
removable from the inside of the tank after removing the inspection plate.
Make a longer one fresh, or add on to the existing one. However, the
unusable area might be done that way so as to allow crap to settle down
there. Of course, in nasty weather, it all gets stirred up anyway, and will
plug your fuel filters, maybe enough to stop the engine.
Seems to me some years back, this issue of tankage was reported upon by
someone, maybe Craig Owings or Dave McCampbell. Can't remember. But
someone did. Using clear plastic tubing like a sight galss...David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jules Shockley" <jshoc-@bellsouth.net>
To: <cs-@topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:35 AM
Subject: [CSY] Fuel Level
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I downloaded the fuel chart and have been using it as a cross reference.
But I believe I discovered a bit of a problem. It might well measure
total tank volume but I don't believe it accounts for UNUSABLE fuel.
That amount depends on where the pickup tube is placed. My port tank
appears to have around 3 inches of fuel left that I can't burn. Don't
know about the stbd one. I'm going to completely drain both tanks and
recalibrate them. I'll post the results. If your w/o tanks were made by
the Tampa Sheet Metal Company, as were mine, I'm sure they will measure
the same. This is an academic problem if one keeps enough fuel in the
tanks, but if you are in the middle of nowhere, someday, it might become
an issue.
My original question was has anyone figured out how to get an accurate
measurement by dipping the tanks. Has anyone come up with a useful
device, or tool for doing this? The real answer would be to install a
fuel quantity system but, as usual, cost is an issue.
I hope this question does not seem too trivial for the group, but there
are times when this boat is a 38000 lb jigsaw puzzle.
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