At 02:05 PM 2/7/2003, Eric Zeno wrote:
>cut out as much battery drain as possible.  I'm thinking
>that I may be able to raise the fuel tank high enough
>to get the pressure I need.  Assuming the fuel has the
>same weight as water, how high would it have to be?
>And for that matter would there have to be a minimum
>amount of fuel in the tank at all times?

Figure 7/8 the weight of water, so it will need to by 8/7 as high.  33 feet
of seawater gives one atmosphere or ~15 psi, so 3 psi would be six feet of
water, or just under seven feet of diesel.

d

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