08-15-2013, 05:26 AM
space-time wrote:
[quote=vitus]
[quote=Ombligo]
[quote=Dennis S]
It doesn't "flood," it just gets wet with about 1/8" of water covering up to about 40 square feet - usually less. I can't visualize how many gallons of capacity I need with some to spare.
40sf @ 1/8" (.125) deep = 5cf
1cf = 7.48051948 gallons
5cf = 37.4 gallons, so you would need a 40 Gallon wet dry to do it in one trip. They don't make those
(40 ft^2) *(1/8 in)*(1 ft/12 in) = 0.42 ft^3 -> 3.1 gallons
well done! another example how easy it is to make errors in the US system.
At least it didn't result in a lost mars probe this time!