Dave Gerr - Boat Mechanical Systems Handbook-How to Design, Install, and Recognize Proper Systems in Boats
sloping down about 5 degrees to drain. An opening about 3 square inches (20 sq cm) is in the baffle on the side away from the ve ...
near the tank bottom, once again, isn’t nec- essary for a diesel tank, but it costs little and helps isolate the fuel in the tan ...
Chapter 5: Fuel Tanks and Fittings Figure 5-9. ABYC’s minimum clearance between hull-compartment ventilators and fuel tank fills ...
The pump-fill nozzle is then removed. The clear plastic hose is held vertically to drain back down into the tank and then is dis ...
Chapter 5: Fuel Tanks and Fittings CFR Yacht Test for Fuel-Fill Spill Compliance Take care that the natural flow of any spilled ...
It’s Baffling CFR Yacht and ABYC do not set a fixed re- quirement for baffles on pleasure-craft tanks, and CFR Yacht doesn’t cov ...
welds are subject to damage and corrosion. (One-quarter inch and thicker—the next stan- dard size up after 0. 190 inch, 4.82 mm— ...
•intended fuel type capacity tank material and thickness serial number maximum test pressure In addition, gasoline tanks must ...
height would call for 12 ft. × 0 .43 psi/ft.× 1. 5 = 7 .74 psi, or 3.66 m× 9 .7 kPa/m× 1. 5 = 53 kPa pressure. (One foot of stan ...
PART TWO: FUEL SYSTEMS TABLE 5-2. FUEL TANK MATERIALS AND THICKNESSES Capacity Capacity Thickness Thickness Material Specificati ...
CFR Commercial requires that metal diesel tanks be made only of nickel-copper, steel or iron, aluminum, or fiberglass. Stain- le ...
(molded into and against the hull itself) for diesel, they aren’t allowed for gas. Steel and aluminum diesel craft can have inte ...
proven and tested since the early 1970s— more than thirty years. A U.S. Coast Guard/ABYC study performed by an inde- pendent lab ...
PART TWO: FUEL SYSTEMS alcohol). Methanol or methyl alcohol (CH 3 OH) is termed “wood alcohol” because origi- nally it was disti ...
Chapter 5: Fuel Tanks and Fittings similar to fiberglass osmotic blistering but more aggressive and more pervasive. In fact, it’ ...
CHAPTER 6 Required Tankage for Range We’ve looked at tank materials, tank fittings, and tank installation. For all boats—once th ...
of max rpm (2,160), the propeller power curve shows that it’s only delivering 217 hp (162 kW). This in fact would be the power f ...
70% Maximum rpm =About 40% Maximum- Rated Engine Power (This assumes the propeller is properly matched to allow the engine to ju ...
cardboard. Before you clean up and rein- force your tank mock-up for sending to the tank manufacturer to be fabricated, you have ...
Worked out in English units: Step 1. Draw the half-areas of the front, middle, and back of the tank. Taking the preceding measur ...
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