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Aux sail fuel filter change cycle
"Rich Hampel" wrote in message ... That would be against ABYS & USCG specifications. Marine tanks cant have any 'outlet' lower than the top of the tank ... leakage considerations. A surveyor would have a heart attack in finding a tank with a 'bottom tank', your insurance carrier would probably 'not allow' any claim that resulted in a faulty bottom tap. The CG wouldnt care ... the fine is the same if you pumped or inadvertantly dumped the oil. Use a separate 'dip tube' all the way to the bottom for water suction. OR ... use a 'water knock out pot' as the first stage in the fuel filtering system ... just an empty filter housing with a bottom tap thats attached to clear (tygon, etc.) tube. Most of the water will gravimetrically settle in the 'knockout pot'. When you see water in the tube you drain it. :-) FWIW, Essie was built with a tank that has a bottom tap, and she has been surveyed more than once. She is also insured. But then, she was built in 1963. |
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Aux sail fuel filter change cycle
Where did I say that there would be a valve or outlet in the sump?
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Aux sail fuel filter change cycle
On 2007-06-04 09:19:44 -0400, Brian Whatcott said:
So it's no accident that a pre flight walk round includes a fuel sample (off the bottom of all tanks, and at the prefilter) to dump all water trapped in the fuel. A sampler valve might be a good idea for boaters too?? Our Racor 500 has such a valve in the bowl. -- Jere Lull Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's new pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI pages: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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