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wayner

04-19-2005 05:16 PM

Water Volume of IO 160 Gallon Salt buckets

Anyone know how much water these pails hold?

danny zubot

04-19-2005 05:18 PM

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Approx. 5 gallons

wayner

04-19-2005 05:30 PM

Thanks

Invigor

04-19-2005 06:19 PM

(3.14)r²h / 231 = volume in gallons if you measure in inches.

Aquattro

04-19-2005 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Invigor

(3.14)r²h / 231 = volume in gallons if you measure in inches.

I think the bucket is tapered.....

BCOrchidGuy

04-20-2005 05:37 AM

Get a 4 litre milk jug or similar and use it as a starting point. Those (if I'm thinking of the right one) buckets are usually 3.5 gallons (Imp) the old taller ones were closer to 5.

Doug

christyf5

04-20-2005 05:46 AM

The taller ones are ~7.75 gallons if full by my calculations.

kari	04-20-2005 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by reef_raf

Quote:

Originally Posted by Invigor

(3.14)r²h / 231 = volume in gallons if you measure in inches.

I think the bucket is tapered.....

r(bottom) + r(top) / 2 = r (average) :lol: :lol:

I + 6:00am < awake

IslandReefer

04-20-2005 01:52 PM

vol

water weighs apx 8lb/gal....weigh it -tare
or 1kg per litre -tare (bucket)
..bathroom scale etc

trilinearmipmap

04-20-2005 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kari

r(bottom) + r(top) / 2 = r (average)

Yes but the average area is what counts, not the average radius. Therefore it is the square of the radius that would need to be averaged I believe. It is a long time since I have done any calculus.

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