I tried to do the same thing with a generator except I was using a normal boat tank. The problem is that things like this do not have fuel pumps and won't maintain the flow. My solution was to get an electric fuel pump and put it in line. I actually had it running from a 12v inverter so that if the generator shut off it killed the fuel pump so the pump didn't keep running. I think you are going to need something like this as well.
Vern On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:52:44 -0400 caleb crosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Cold's coming. I'm wintering aboard my 27 Bristol > in Belfast Maine this year. Last year I installed a > Dickinson heater and used a Nauta flexible tank in the > chain locker/forepeak. It worked, but I was glad to tear >it out and > say good bye. > > I'm trying to make a 5 gallon jerry can gravity feed the >stove with a primer bulb > but it won't maintain a steady flow rate no matter how I >tweak the vent cap. > I'd like to make the jerry can work because I'll be >hauling my diesel > and with two cans I can just switch them out and keep >things simple. Also the jerry can on the roof > near the stove pipe may keep the fuel warmer. last year >in Portland on the coldest nights > the diesel flowed poorly and when you most needed the >heat - you got the least. 50% whack with kero > helped but not enough. > > Brrr. > > I saw one link on a military jerry can with a spout that >_might_ work. > http://www.davidsonproducts.com/gastransit.htm > > Anyone have any suggestions for a getting gravity flow >out of a jerry can? > Or can anyone suggest a DIY approach to making a tank >affordably. > > Many thanks- > > > > caleb crosby > B27 > Belfast Hbr. > Maine > > > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
