Comments on: Empty

By: John Hoff

John Hoff — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:53:43 +0000

Maybe “E” and “F” are some kind of code for that particular tank, like “East Tank F.” It may not have anything to do with “empty” or “full.”

By: ht

ht — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:41:55 +0000

Same here, water tank.

By: MKR

MKR — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:25:44 +0000

There’s a water tower here that works the same way. As it fills, the meter goes down towards F.

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:52:37 +0000

or maybe it’s a helium tank.

By: mandydax

mandydax — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:01:34 +0000

brian beat me to it. You can see the cables going up from the gauge line.

By: Juju

Juju — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:16:50 +0000

Geez, suck the funny right out of it!

By: EvilBob

EvilBob — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:10:51 +0000

Edit: When the weight gets to the top, I mean…

By: EvilBob

EvilBob — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:10:19 +0000

Yes, when I was a kid our water-tank had a similar setup: a float inside the tank, on a rope to a weight on the outside. When the float gets to the top, the tank’s empty. Looks normal to me!

By: brian t

brian t — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:40:50 +0000

Looks like a “gasometer” storage tank for natural gas distribution, which has an internal bag that fills from the bottom up. So, as the bag fills, the weight drops down, hence the inverted reading. Still weird, though.

By: fracai

fracai — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:05:40 +0000

Perhaps it’s filled with a lighter than air gas of some sort.