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mark (65.40.225.193)
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The area that I am going to build my black water tank will occomodate a tank with the dimensions of 16" x 33" x 23" (or 12,144 cubic inches, I beleive.)
Anybody able to tell me how many gallons that will provide?
Thanks!!
Mark
75Gillig 636D |
Gary Stadler (Boogiethecat) (68.7.217.217)
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Use this... too easy!! (the answer is 53 gallons)
http://www.greertank.com/tankcalc.htm
Cheers
Gary |
mark (65.40.225.193)
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WOW! That was a quick response!!
Thanks for the very useful link!
Mark |
Allen Johnstad (Mildlyal) (64.252.142.14)
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You can also divide the cubic inches by 231 to get gallons.
Al |
Johnny (67.242.221.193)
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1 cubic foot=about 7.5 gallons. Thanks--I needed that for someplace else! |
two dogs (67.30.23.93)
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1cubic foot 7.5 gallons
naaaaaaaaaaa |
RJ Long (Rjlong) (24.127.74.29)
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Dos Dogs - 1 cu.ft. = about 7.5 gallons is correct.
I use that daily, calculating how much chemical to add to swimming pool water based on the size of my customer's pool.
L x W x 5.5 (average depth) x 7.5 gallons/cuft = total gallons of pool water. Check w/ any swimming pool supply house, you'll see it's common knowledge. . .
RJ
PD4106-2784
Fresno CA |
two dogs (67.30.23.93)
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doesn't sound right....do you mean a 5 gallon bucket has less than i cubic foot
are you saying I can get 7.5 gallons in a 1'x1'x1' cube..... I guess something is wrong with my logic tonight |
Tom Caffrey (Pvcces) (65.74.65.5)
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Two Dogs, do your own math. A cubic foot is 1728 cubic inches and a gallon is only 231.
Concrete weighs 150 lbs. a cubic foot. A 5 gallon bucket filled to the five gallon mark is only 100 lbs.
It's surprising until you figure it out, isn't it?
Tom Caffrey PD4106-2576
Suncatcher |
Scott Whitney (199.182.46.69)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 22, 2003 - 10:46 am: | |
OK, for more fun along these lines, go to Google and enter your number into the search box.
In this case enter:
16 inches * 33 inches * 23 inches in gallons
and google returns:
(16 inches) * (33 inches) * (23 inches) = 52.5714283 US gallons
or enter:
12 inches * 12 inches * 12 inches in gallons
and google returns:
(12 inches) * (12 inches) * (12 inches) = 7.48051945 US gallons
and in case anyone was wondering, that is also equal to 10 to the 13th power in picoliters and 1,915.01298 in tablespoons. . .
: ^ )
Scott |
Don KS/TX (66.82.9.27)
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Funny how that works, most anybody you ask knows that if you had a 5 gallon bucket of liquid, and tried to pour all of it into a 1 cubic foot box, the box would run over before you were done pouring, right? Well, I guess not. |
two dogs (67.30.23.29)
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Just blows this fat boys mind...... |
Scott Whitney (199.182.46.69)
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As the Hobbits say when referring to how to make space for desert after indulging in a big meal, it's all about "filling in the corners. . ."
(might be food for thought for someone considering using barrels instead of rectangular holding tanks)
Scott |
Gary McFarland (Gearheadgary) (198.88.152.22)
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Yeah, I just measured a 5gal mud bucket.
11X13
Less than a cubic foot, and considering the corners are missing, a 12X12X12 box would seem to have about two more gallons than a 5gal bucket.
Gary |
Scott Whitney (69.35.6.233)
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Makes sense. If you enter into Google:
(pi * ((11 / 2 inches) squared)) * 13 inches in gallons
you get:
5.34818747 US gallons
which probably provides a little slosh room in the bucket.
Scott |
Gary McFarland (Gearheadgary) (198.88.152.20)
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Yeah, there's about an inch of air at the top.
Gary |