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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 20:23:51 GMT
Iād rather the rust than painting the inside of the tank with tar - potable or not! insert a bladder tank ? There is a tiny round inspection hatch that has nuts securing it that look an utter bastard to get off! It's also an utter pig to get at. I'm not sure there is much that can be done with it TBH Still, it's a job for another day and relatively low down the list (at the moment anyhow!)
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Post by Jim on Mar 9, 2020 6:59:06 GMT
Can't you throw the dwarf in with a brush and tub of Black Death? Before she grows too big? I had a welded Polythene tank made, about 750l, sits under the bow deck. Years ago (24 to be exact) I split(ted?) open the top seam on the polyprop tank in my narrow boat using a River Thames water point. Some clever person thought that a Chubb fire hose would make a good tank filling device but I went to have a cuppa with the lock keeper with the fire hose in place. And oh dear. I was not alone as heard of other people splitting tanks with that water hose. Too much volume and the hose blocks the filler so the tank vent can:t handle it. Be careful. 750 litres seems a lot for a little boat. I won't use a fire hose then! I just had it made to fill the space, about .5m deep, trapezoid, 1.8m and .75m on the two parallel sides and 1m wide. Not having made one before, I oresumed bigger is better
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Post by JohnV on Mar 9, 2020 8:02:38 GMT
Years ago (24 to be exact) I split(ted?) open the top seam on the polyprop tank in my narrow boat using a River Thames water point. Some clever person thought that a Chubb fire hose would make a good tank filling device but I went to have a cuppa with the lock keeper with the fire hose in place. And oh dear. I was not alone as heard of other people splitting tanks with that water hose. Too much volume and the hose blocks the filler so the tank vent can:t handle it. Be careful. 750 litres seems a lot for a little boat. Not having made one before, I oresumed bigger is better I would agree with that philosophy ........ especially if women on board is on the cards, they are less likely to be soap dodgers than old codgers
providing it isn't so big that it lifts the prop out of the water when full .......it's fine
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 9, 2020 8:02:48 GMT
Can't you throw the dwarf in with a brush and tub of Black Death? Before she grows too big? I had a welded Polythene tank made, about 750l, sits under the bow deck. 750 litres seems a lot for a little boat. We have 850 litres. If we took the lid off our water tank we could use it as a swimming pool.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2020 16:33:12 GMT
My tank shows signs of rust, if I get to low then the tap water goes a bit brown. I fitted a small plastic tank under the sink with a pump and small tap next to the main taps, only used for drinking water, made the mistake once of drinking the tank water and got a bed belly...
I also notice when I stay on the boat and have showers, my skin goes different in places, almost like a light rash..
Like Gazza, no chance of getting into the tank, the bow deck has a hatch but many layers of paint have made the screw impossible to open with out drilling out, which is a task I am not keen on.
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Post by Andyberg on Mar 9, 2020 22:21:17 GMT
I presume the battery cable / connection issues have been sorted ok?
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