Open port to diesel tank electronic level sender unit
21 May 2017
• Marina Real
by Keith, at home in Tucson watching the kids
It took me a bit to figure out where this picture is taken. It's straight down at the cockpit floor without the floor boards or the outdoor carpet. That's where the diesel fill is located in the picture. Makes sense that the tank would be below that, near the engine. Water tanks are forward. Why do I find the installation of a diesel fuel gauge so interesting? For one thing, that I'm not doing it and, based on the pictures, could not do it properly without likely messing it up. The true ocean sailor, and this boat is a true ocean sailor, doesn't need a gas gauge because the engine isn't on relatively that much. For us this is a cruising boat. Cruising boats are, for better or for worse, almost always on engine when not the dock. That's just the way of the world. I've come to expect it. It's the opposite of the purest mentality. Cruising sailboats are likely to either be motoring or motor sailing and are rarely sailing without some form of motor or motor sailing and I have devoted much time, effort, and resource to getting those systems in operation because for us they are primary. The final touch is that fuel gauge because people who use the engine a lot need to easily and reliably monitor fuel level so they don't have to pull the floorboards out and take out the carpet in the cockpit and put a stick in the tank to see where the wet mark is compared to the supposed fill line. Installation of a proper fuel gauge means we are getting ready to venture out from the dock. That's why it's so significant.
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