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Need to get wet/dry shop vac mainly for basement leaks. Home Depot, Sears, or Amazon?
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vitus wrote:
[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
I still come up with 37.4 gallons
40/8=5 cu ft/.13368=37.4 gallon
it would be 40/8 or 40*.125 both equal 5 cu ft
1 gallon =.13368 cu ft or 1 cuft =7.4 gallons
so
5/.13368=37.4 gal
or 5*7.4=37 gal
Where is the error?
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Re: Need to get wet/dry shop vac mainly for basement leaks. Home Depot, Sears, or Amazon? - by bruceko - 08-15-2013, 05:08 PM

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