NormanS
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But some people like to spend money on expensive gizmos. Sight glasses are so last years.....
Filling up fuel tank, without sloshing diesel over deck or into the water.
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But some people like to spend money on expensive gizmos. Sight glasses are so last years.....
knuterikt
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The problem we used to have was foam/froth forming in the tank while filling, this foam got pushed out through the breather hose long before tank got full (and before the auto stop would kick in). The foam contained enough diesel to make a ugly sight.
Before we installed the splashstop we tried to..
1) Re route the fuel went line (could not move the went any higher on the hull w/o redesigning the boat)
2) install a fuel whistle http://www.bartonmarine.com/products-fuel-whistle.asp
Didn't help..
The splashstop catches the foam from the went line from the tank in a chamber that is connected with the filler hose - thus preventing the foam going into the sea.
The auto stop on fuel filler nozzle is working as designed now.
I have not tried topping of from cans - yet.
But It should solve the foam problem here also - and added volume in the filler line should help avoid overfilling.
knuterikt
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Would not have solved my problem - ref this post http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...-deck-or-into-the-water&p=4428411#post4428411
Elessar
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The auto stop does it. They are stupidly expensive but that is soon forgotten when you just stop worrying about filling. More so for me as 2 tanks and I fill up more often than once a year like you lot!!
On my boat the fuel came out of the breather. The sight glass wouldn't fix this. The splash stop does. Just put the nozzle in, even a high speed one, lock it open, wait for the click. Not a drop spilled, and no waiting whilst staring done the filler pipe.
They should be a compulsory part of the RCD. Who hasn't spilled some when filling at least once?
On my boat the fuel came out of the breather. The sight glass wouldn't fix this. The splash stop does. Just put the nozzle in, even a high speed one, lock it open, wait for the click. Not a drop spilled, and no waiting whilst staring done the filler pipe.
They should be a compulsory part of the RCD. Who hasn't spilled some when filling at least once?
knuterikt
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Boats are designed and built differently..
I have owned and operated boats without this problem, but on the current boat it seems that some factors contributed to this problem
-tank is wide and long with sloping side&bottom putting most of the volume at the top of the tank
-Filler cap is aft of the tank - long filler hose
-breather and filler goes in/out of the tank at the aft end of tank at the top
Your statements in bold
clear pipe from the deck to the fuel tank
Most pipes i have seen rated for diesel is not made of clear plastic.
Operating the fuel filler pistol while monitoring the hose need me to add another 50 cm to my neck
A clear pipe can not prevent foam from forming
sight gauge
I would need two extra crew to use the sight gauge while bunkering
Have a reliable tank measuring unit with display visible when I fill the tank, but it does not help when the spill occurs with 3/4 level = 50% capacity of the tank..
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knuterikt
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Isn't it nice that all boats are med in the same way...
Other boats I have owned / used does not have the same problem..
If the tank is just under the filler cap with a straight hose and the vent placed properly this problem would not exist.
We could have made a similar contraption as the one we bought by putting together some pieces of hose and other parts - did not compare prices.
I am sorry if I by my post have lead anyone to "to spend money on expensive gizmos"
CaptainMike1970
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Like many when we hear the gurgling from the tank filler pipe we know some diesel will be coming back up and it is too late to stop it!
Some fuel barges provide a spill kit "sausage" to be wrapped around fuel nozzle but these are expensive, we have used a babies nappy. Put fuel filler nozzle in the deck filler, wrap nappy around nozzle and hold against deck fitting. Any bubbles / splash back gets absorbed in the nappy, which is a bit more absorbent than the blue roll paper we have also used. You could also hold one over the vent if required.
Some fuel barges provide a spill kit "sausage" to be wrapped around fuel nozzle but these are expensive, we have used a babies nappy. Put fuel filler nozzle in the deck filler, wrap nappy around nozzle and hold against deck fitting. Any bubbles / splash back gets absorbed in the nappy, which is a bit more absorbent than the blue roll paper we have also used. You could also hold one over the vent if required.