Water Volume of IO 160 Gallon Salt buckets

[wayner]

Anyone know how much water these pails hold?

[danny zubot]

Approx. 5 gallons

[wayner]

Thanks

[Invigor]

(3.14)r²h / 231 = volume in gallons if you measure in inches.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Invigor

(3.14)r²h / 231 = volume in gallons if you measure in inches.

I think the bucket is tapered.....

[BCOrchidGuy]

Get a 4 litre milk jug or similar and use it as a starting point. Those (if I'm thinking of the right one) buckets are usually 3.5 gallons (Imp) the old taller ones were closer to 5.

Doug

[christyf5]

The taller ones are ~7.75 gallons if full by my calculations.

[kari]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

I think the bucket is tapered.....

r(bottom) + r(top) / 2 = r (average)

I + 6:00am < awake

[IslandReefer]

water weighs apx 8lb/gal....weigh it -tare
or 1kg per litre -tare (bucket)
..bathroom scale etc

[trilinearmipmap]

Originally Posted by kari

r(bottom) + r(top) / 2 = r (average)

Yes but the average area is what counts, not the average radius. Therefore it is the square of the radius that would need to be averaged I believe. It is a long time since I have done any calculus.