Rodger,
For what it is worth, I have two 1000 liter tanks, one starboard and one
port. The plan is to fill one, polish that into the other and then fill the
now empty tank. I then fill the day tank from the "clean" tank. As fuel is
consumed, I then transfer from the dirty tank to the clean tank for balance.
My transfer system is fed by a manifold and it also pumps to an outlet
manifold. Each manifold has three ball valves, which allows me to pump from
and to any of the three tanks. I use a large RACOR centrifugal filter and a
surplus US Army helicopter fuel transfer pump.
Steve

"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
The sediment bowl on the Shelco filter I put in for my fuel polishing (or
Pre-filtering, whatever you want to call it) system doesn't drain
completely. I took it out of the boat today, poured off the fuel (Not a
drop of water BTW), and scraped out the stuff in the bottom:

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Crud.jpg

Wow. I was saying a while ago that didn't think the system was necessary
for the cruising I do now. I would have agreed with anyone who said it
was a hobby affectation. I still wouldn't say "necessary" is quite the
right word but I sure am glad I have it just for tootling around in Maine.

This is the left overs from about 100 gallons of fuel purchased during the
year and isn't all off it since a gust of wind blew the plate over. About
half of the fuel was road diesel purchased at a high volume gas station.
Sure, the Racor could have dealt with this stuff and I could have dealt
with the Racor but, why? There was not a speck in the Racor bowl it
looked just like it did when I changed the filter and filled the sytem
last spring. Having this crud removed from the system in a way that makes
having to deal with it's disposal underway vanishingly unlikely is great.

--
Roger Long

I'm glad there is someone out there more compulsive about fuel treatment
than I am

--
Roger Long

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:30:04 -0500, "Roger Long"
wrote:

I'm glad there is someone out there more compulsive about fuel treatment
than I am

Nothing wrong with discussing it and taking the precautions you have.
Cheap insurance.
Not nearly as bad as the Honda freaks changing their brake fluid every
year or two because brake fluid is "Hygroscopic."
We'll let you know when you step over the anal line.

--Vic