Oil tank advice needed non MG

is there anyone on here who can help me with capacity fill on an oil tank, I have dimensions etc and will post it all all if anyone can ?

If not I will ask for this to be deleted as it is non MG I just need some advice please :help:

so you have the dimensions, and want the capacity of it?

shouldn't be too hard hon, post it on up and we can have a look :broon:

as a guide
a tank

1m x 1m x 1m will hold 1000 Litres

Ok babe here is what happened..

I had a 1/4 of a tank in and ordered 1000lt

It filled it to here





I thought we had a 2000lt tank so assumed it was correct ..

Then Rob came home and we debated over the actual capacity, he took a photo to prove his point





I phoned the company that put my tank in and this is what they said

ex
1600ml long
1150ml wide
1200ml high

int
1439 ml long
980ml wide
1100 ml height

cap 1540 lt
overfill prevention valve 220ml lost

usuable capacity
880ml high

1200 ltr fill

So what is the maximum the company could have put in with it already having a 1/4 of a tank in and taking into account the overfill prevention valve !

I just know I have been ripped off but at £660.49p for 1000lt I am royally weed off ..

They could of fit the 1000L in without hitting the overfill protection

it already had 300lt in Paul and only took it to 3/4

The company said 1000lt would have taken it to full on the indicator dial, the float is moving so its not that

I just need to know before I phone up the oil supplier and ask them how much they actually did put in, and then explain how 1000lt would not have been poosible with a 1200 lt max capacity, 300lt in !

Really confused

Each quarter = 1540 divided by 4 = 385 litres
If tank was a quarter full then 1540 - 385 = 1155 litres is the theotetical max fill based on calculation. 1200 is a reasonable actual max fill amount.

Hope this answers your query.

Rather than rely on guages, I used to dip my oil tank when we had one: messy but accurate!!

I also use a variation of the dip method - all these guages are unreliable. Your supplier should have left you with a delivery note that will show the amount he pumped - this is generated by the tanker and fairly tamper proof. I've just taken an order at 66 pence a litre including VAT so you are getting a reasonable deal given that you've imported it from Scotland (only kidding).

:hugs:

Thank you all so much..


How do we dip measure it ourselves

What do we need to do it ?

I just know I am going to hate the answer to this if it's what I think it is going to be :pinch:

Softly~Softly wrote: :hugs:

Thank you all so much..


How do we dip measure it ourselves

What do we need to do it ?

I just know I am going to hate the answer to this if it's what I think it is going to be :pinch:

I can only tell you what I do - your tank may be different.

On mine there is a large filler cap which I remove...I then look inside to see the level and holding a long garden cane in one hand I place the end of the cane outside the tank at the level of the oil...I can only do this because I can see the shadow of the cane through the tank - if yours is bunded/double skinned this will not work. I then mark the level on the outside of the tank at the height where the cane is - chinagraph is ideal. It takes about 10 seconds to do and 5 minutes to explain. I've now calibrated the tank by trial & error and have marked on the outside the various amounts it takes to refill the tank from the different level measured.

The more traditional method is to dip the tank with a marked stick which is what I do on my boat...it's difficult not get kerosene on your hands though.

Richard

Thanks Richard ours is double skinned, so I will try the interior method, its going to take a few fills though to get it so I know how much a 1000lts is ..

I have a print out receipt so I guess they cannot fiddle what they give you, its just with it only filling to 3/4's when it had a 1/4 in and only actually holds 1200 my maths head is saying this just does not equate :coat:

Had another look at this now I'm home: The actual volume of the tank is the internal length x breadth x height. Which I get to an actual 1551 litres. Taking off their overfill dimension gives a useable capacity of 1241 litres. Assuming the gauge was accurate each quarter would therefore be 310 litres. 1241 less 3 x 310 = 930 litres. The extra ullage on top of the tank to protect against overfill spill would take a total of 311 litres.
I may be thick but what issue do you have with the supplier?