so ..... 19th December, late morning - it arrived.
I'd been chasing Pallex earlier that morning, as the tracking hadn't changed since 06.00 on the 16th, when it said it had arrived at the depot?
Driver was lucky I was here,
as the last email back from them had said probably the 20th ? Not that it was urgent, but I needed to be here to offload it and sign for it !!
came off
easy as on the pallet
truck and tail lift ...
saved me winding the ol' girl up, although I' was using her for the rest of the day, later on ...
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/WP_20171219_10_49_34_Pro_zpsagahzvw3.jpgas advertised ... brand spanking and smells of now't ..
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/WP_20171219_12_52_52_Pro_zpscdwpvbvu.jpglots of 'ports' on it and according to the book, that arrived with it, still in its sealed placcy bag, along with labels and a tap top, it was double skinned !!!
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/WP_20171219_12_53_05_Pro_zpsw9vxjws3.jpgit'd even got a dip stick port and graduated dip stick !!
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/WP_20171219_12_54_26_Pro_zpsbsksllap.jpgOriginalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/WP_20171219_12_54_42_Pro_zps7dpbgez6.jpgwhipped it off the pallet and stuck it out the way for the afternoon ... I had some tidying up to do ......
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/WP_20171219_15_05_56_Pro_zpshor33wzs.jpgaside from a bit of dust, there wasn't a mark on it ... 'Twas the mutt's nuts of a tank!!!
As said, been putting the trailers back where they usually live,
followed by tidying away the crap and stuff that got hauled down from the top level - rock moving day and just dumped, when the rocks got shifted and I had to pull some more soil down to load out.
Buckets and grab strewn about too, so got them stashed away, out the way and tucked some 'large' pallets of stuff into the corner.
Would've been an easier job with the VA-r on, but managed with me straight forks and a little judicious
fork and machine positioning/juggling.
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/WP_20171219_14_56_14_Pro_zps6brazuqh.jpgAlso needed to get at me burning bin, which I'd foolishly trapped behind all the junk
.... I'd not burned the rubbish for nigh on two weeks and it soon mounted up.
WTF does all the packaging come from and WTF do we all have to tolerate it !! ....
been threatening to take it all back to the supermarkets it comes from and fill their bins for years
.... just too much hassle .. quick match and it's gone !!
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/scans/WP_20171219_16_15_09_Pro_zps5turxfsc.jpggood South Westerly that night again .... fortunately ... some of that placcy packaging produces some shite ol' smoke !!!
Hopefully it was going to be dry the next day, to get the lid off yon tank, investigate the insides and check it out to see if it really is double skinned, but was going to be surprised if it wasn't as stated in its lil' book ... it's a beautifully crafted piece of work !!
Only thing missing are the hold down bolts for the domed fill point lid ....
might consider contacting Chemo and see what six'd cost ...... or I'll have to knock some out.
Bolted down with some M10 x 70s that night to keep the weather out, with the nice O ring
seal on the lid !!
Ground was gonna need to dry
some yet, 'fore I could get 'the residue' tidied into a heap and out the way. ...was like mud pies ATM !!
...... knowing how you all love a good pic
..... great sunset that night
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/scans/WP_20171218_16_29_46_Pro_zps5pv99wia.jpgcould do with a few more of these ... and the days to follow them
had been a dryish sort of day .... least the
air had been, but hell the
ground was still sodden
Was gonna take weeks to dry out from all that white stuff melting.
so by mid day, the next day........ I'd had the top off ..... and ..... it was galv ... everywhere !!
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_14_25_46_Pro_zps6ornibcq.jpgand double skinned, apart from the top dome...... very cleverly double skinned !!
bear with me and I will endeavour to explain
the top dome end is a smaller outer
diameter than the bottom one ....
the inner vertical wall is welded to the inner diameter of the top.
the inner's bottom dome's
outer diameter is welded inside the vertical's diameter.
the outer's vertical wall is welded to the outer diameter of the top dome and has a bottom dome the same outer dimeter as the outer vertical.
I am guessing the separation between the two skins is circa 6mm .. no idea what the separation is between the two bottom domes ends.
It has a 'leak
indicator system' fitted, to alert you to any
leakage from the inner to the outer containment skin, which seems to be
pressure based and is what this thing is ....
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_14_45_15_Pro_zpsu6qtd8ae.jpgand this 'tap' presumably allows pressure to be balanced in the void ?
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_14_45_27_Pro_zps4yboawjy.jpgI had a book for it but it was all in German .... some googling was required to suss the 'nuances' of it all and WTF the fluid is in the indicator !!
Pressure is transferred via that flat plate under the tap and also one under the indicator's spigot which connects to the void ...
you can see the step in the outer skin, forming the pressure channel.
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_15_52_22_Pro_zpspmsnpyux.jpgtop dome, welded inside outer skin
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_15_51_32_Pro_zps49kubxts.jpgouter skin butt welded to bottom dome end
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_15_51_40_Pro_zpsmmn97fei.jpgseveral options to fill it ..... two have a drop tube to the bottom of the tank ..
one is the intended filler inside the domed top hatch....
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_14_36_07_Pro_zpsb9mfdtyr.jpgand the other is the 2" nom. bore suction pick up, beside the fill port above.
the 'fill' port has this sat in its aperture for any course debris !!!!!
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_14_36_35_Pro_zpsgm5cqiaf.jpgGod forbid yer filling with anything that'd catch !!!!!
there is also a vent port ....
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_14_49_42_Pro_zps1cgil7lh.jpgwhich this vent stack attaches to !!!!!!
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_14_48_13_Pro_zpsyhtdfaiq.jpgwhich is obviously removable for transport!!
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_14_48_20_Pro_zps8aixytxi.jpgThe vent port one could also fill through, but would be a 'crash fill' into the tank's contents !
Plus there's a small pressure release
valve to prevent any pressure build up in the tank .... presumably if stood in the sun / for temp. rises and drops ...
couldn't see any thing that'd let pressures equalise as temp.s drop though ....
unless there was something trick in that release, that I'd not spotted yet.
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_14_49_55_Pro_zpssy3ka7wt.jpgplus ..... the dip stick port which has a sealed cap and one more blanked port in the top plate, with an inch and a quarter bung in it, presently, behind the PRV above.
This is beautifully put together and must've cost a fortune new.
Going back to the first pic ... I'd had a brush in there on a long
handle and a dry mop with a fluffy rag around it in the bottom and had virtually now't out of there.
was going to have a long handled wire brush in there next and give the
black marks a scrub, together with the rest of it to make sure there's now't gonna 'wander about' in there. Then give it all a good hoover out. ...... that was before it started raining .... for the last month
The dilemma now was .... did I use it or not?????
needed a good chemist to talk to I thought, for some exactitudes on the precise effects of cherry on zinc coatings, degradation timescales, etc. ......... and I had just the man in mind !!.... not managed to have the conversation as yet though
one of the guys on CEF reckoned it could have been good enough for NASA to have commissioned but in response I quoted hime a John Glenn quotation
?I guess the question I'm asked the most often is: "When you were sitting in that capsule listening to the count-down, how did you feel?" Well, the answer to that one is easy. I felt exactly how you would feel if you were getting ready to launch and knew you were sitting on top of two million parts -- all built by the lowest bidder on a government contract.? far too good a quality for a NASA job
I'd also got the leak detection / monitoring system sussed .... found on Google eventually
P33 onwards is the English version .... don't know if there's a version for you guys
https://www.afriso.de/htdocs/ba_doc.php?ba_doc=2574Looked well techy
also explained why there are two dimensions for the "
wall thickness" on the plate ... 2.8+mm being the mill rolling tolerance for 3mm plate .....
and the "
Antifrogen N (12l)", which is the leak detection fluid in the "
interstitial space"
.... new phrase on me, that one
... the gap between the inner/outer skins.
the book and certificate that accompanied the tank says it's purpose built for the storage and transportation of highly flammable goods
Originalets URL: http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y450/v8druid/my%20bucket%202/WP_20171220_14_44_51_Pro_zpsfzxafh95.jpgInterestingly
Chemo now seem to be calling themselves
Cemo, which makes googling them a tad more difficult .. until you suss that fact!!