• bleistift2@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    How fucking big are American canisters? In Germany the regular size is 5l, [Edit: just shy of a bit more than] one gallon.

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      8 months ago

      5l, just shy of one gallon.

      5L can’t be shy of a gallon. 4L is more than a gallon.

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      Yeah, a gallon is 3.7854118 L.

      Oh…wait. You’re in Europe. I bet that you’re thinking of imperial gallons.

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      That’s about 4.5 L. Still not the case even with imperial gallons.

      When people are talking about gallons in the US, they won’t be using imperial gallons. They’re using the US gallon.

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        8 months ago

        Well, I just typed “1 gallon in liters” into google and took the first number, because I couldn’t be bothered to deal with your system of measurement more than necessary. My point stands regardless of the exact volume of one gallon.

        OF COURSE THERE IS MORE THAN ONE DEFINITION OF GALLON Rageface

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      8 months ago

      Portable US gas tanks are typically 1, 2, or 5 gallon.

      I usually just grab a 5 gallon (about 20L) can to fill up my lawn mower, throw some fuel stabilizer in there, and then I don’t have to go back to the gas station for a long time.

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        8 months ago

        I do the same for my mower and mini bike. I can last a month on a 5g canister, well 5.5 gallons to the fill line according to the ⛽.