Water tank capacity and how long it lasts. A horizontal cylindrical tank does not fill linearly, so a dipstick reading half depth means considerably less than half full at the ends and exactly half in the middle.
Also called: tank capacity calculator, water storage calculator.
900 litres at a 0.6 m depth, of a 1,500 litre capacity, so the tank is 60% full. At 540 litres a day that lasts 1.67 days. A rectangular tank fills linearly, so depth and volume are proportional.
Rectangular and vertical cylindrical tanks fill linearly, so depth is proportional to volume. A horizontal cylinder does not: the cross section is a circular segment, widest at the middle, so the first quarter of depth holds much less than the second. That is why a horizontal tank needs a calibrated dipstick rather than an evenly marked one. The days of supply figure uses the household demand you enter, and a usable capacity of ninety-five percent is applied because the outlet sits above the floor.
a horizontal cylinder does not fill linearly, so depth and volume need the circular segment areaEach of these is asserted on every build. If a change to the engine ever moved one of these answers, the build would fail before the page could print it.
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1.5 x 1 x 0.6 x 1000; 4 x 135
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boundary: the one depth where the non-linear tank agrees with a linear one
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