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Yeah.......... wear a parachute as well as a life jacket.
That way you won't get killed when you hit the water........... "Hans-Joachim Sellner" wrote in message ... Hans-Joachim Sellner schrieb: Hallo! I would like to get some advice concerning gasoline-tank-installation in a motor boat: After completing the repowering of my boat with a dual-caburated motor I looked for a reliable position for the fule tank, previously installed in the bow by the manufacturer. Because there was enough volume near the center of buoyancy, I decided to place the tank there, tightly screwed and taped on the extensions of the motor-stringers. Although this position might be physically the best one, fuel-lines could be held quite short and servicing is easy, I've some strange feeling: The tank is in direct neighbourhood in line to the engine, there are at least 5 inches between them, no separating wall or plate made of epoxied plywood or alu, steel, ... is installed. Now my question: Are there any rules or regulations (coast guard) prohibiting the installation of a fuel-tank in nearly the same compartment with the engine? By the way: Of course the tank is connected to motor-ground as well as the copper-lines and the water-separator are grounded to the tank. A correctly dimensioned blower to suck gasoline-fumes is installed. What do you think, anything left I've to work on? Any advice will be appreciated! Bye, Hajo Many thanks for your discussion! I'll try to fix the fuel-tank a little bit closer to the bow, so the distance between tank an engine will be about 1 feet. Perhaps it's better to get this space, I don't know. By the way the tank is made of steel and painted. It will really be well fixed, so it cannot move around. But once again, what's your feeling: Any problems to expect with my "same compartment topology" (engine+tank nearby, no wall or anything else between them)? Thanks and bye, Hajo |
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