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Fuel
Systems
Equipment Standards
FEDERAL LAW
183.510 - Fuel tanks
(e) Each fuel tank of 200 gallons capacity
or more must not leak if tested under Secs. 183.586
and 183.588.
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Each fuel tank with a capacity of 200 gallons
or more must be designed and constructed so that it will not
fail if sujected to both the pressure-impulse and slosh tests
according to procedures of 183.586
and 183.588 respectively. It will
not leak when pressure tested to the pressure marked on its
label following the pressure-impulse test and the slosh test.
Selection of a tank for the pressure-impulse
and slosh tests may be made by the USCG in order to conduct
a compliance check. A manufacturer may also select a representative
tank and subject it to the pressure-impluse and slosh tests
in order to assure compliance.
TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW
- The fuel tank’s capacity is 200
or more gallons.
- The fuel tank will withstand the pressure-impulse
test described in 183.586.
Be sure to pre-condition non-metallic tanks per 183.586(b).
- The fuel tank does not leak following
the pressure-impulse test. Use procedures described
in 183.580. Use pressure
marked on tank label.
- The fuel tank will withstand the slosh
test described in 183.588.
- The fuel tank does not leak following
the slosh test. Use procedures described in 183.580.
Use pressure marked on tank label.
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