IS

10987 : 1992 ( Reaffirmed 1998 )

(Tm F*qQT) Indian Standard

CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DESIGN, FABRICATION, , TESTING AND INSTALLATION OF UNDER-GROUND/ABOVE-GROUND HORIZONTAL CYLINDRICAL STEEL STORAGE TANKS FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

( First Revision )

UDC

621.642.37/*39-005

: 665*6/-7 : 006.76

@ BIS 1992

BUREAU
MANAK

OF
BHAVAN,

INDIAN

STANDARDS
ZAFAR MARG

9 BAHADUR SHAH NEW DELHI 110002

March 1992

Price Group 5

Structural

Engineering

Sectional

Committee,

CED 7

FOREWORD This Indian Standard ( Pirst Revision ) was adopted by the Bureau the draft finalized bv the Structural Engineering Sectional Committee Civil Engineering Division Council. of Indian Standards, after had been approved by the

This code has been prepared to provide the petroleum industry with tanks of adequate safety and reasonable economy which can be built in any size required to meet the needs of the industry subject to the limitations given in this code and to establish uniformity in designing, fabricating, testing and installing the horizontal storage tanks. This code is not intended to establish a fixed series of allowable tank sizes but to assist the purchaser in the selection of the size of the tank that may be required to meet his particular need. Ihis code was first published in 1984. In the first revision, based on the experience use of this code, following major modifications have been effected: a) Minimum shell plate thickness both for underground and above-ground modified as 5.00 mm for tanks up to 20 kiIolitre capacity. b) A clause reIating to earthing connection to safeguard the tanks from the static charge has been included. In this code numerical values are given in SI units only. gained in the has been of

tanks

accumulation

has been derived from BS 2594 : 1975 In the preparation of this standard assistance <Specification for carbon steel welded horizontal cylindrical storage tanks issued by the British Standards Institution. For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the final value, observed or caIculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shaIl be rounded off in accordance with IS 2 : 1960 Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised ). The number of significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard.

IS 10987 : 1992

Indian Standard

CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DESIGN, FABRICATION,TESTINGAND INSTALLATION OFUNDER-GROUND/ABOVE-GROUND HORIZONTALCYLTNDRICALSTEELSTORAGE TANKSFORPETROLEUMPRODUCTS (First Revision )
1 SCOPE 1.1 This code is intended to provide and manufacturers with guidelines fabrication, testing and installation ground as well as above-ground cylindrical steel tanks with flat ends of petroleum products. purchasers in design, of underhorizontal for storage 3 STATUTORY PROVISIONS Compliance with this code does not absolve anyone from the responsibility of observing any statutory provisions as may have been promulgated by the statutory bodies, such as Department of Explosives, Nagpur. 4 DEFINITION AND SYMBOLS

1.1.1 Provisions of this code may aIso be applied

to design and construct tanks for storage of various chemicals having specific gravity Iess than one. In such cases, special considerations regarding lining and corrosion allowance shall be made while designing the tanks for intended use. 1.1.2 Provisions of this code are applicable for storage of products under ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure conditions. 1.2 This standard is complementary 1984 and IS 816 : 1969. to IS 800 :

4.1 Underground Tank A tank placed in earth, masonry or concrete pit and packed around with sand, earth or clay leaving no air space between the tank and the pit. No part of the tank is visible. 4.2 Welding Terms and Symbols 4.2.1 Welding Terms Shall be according
Drawings

to IS 812 : 1957.

4.2.2 Symbols for Welding Used on Plans and Shall be in accordance 5 NOTATIONS For the purpose of this standard, the following notations shall have the meaning indicated against each ( see Fig. 1 ). Steel saddle width B= B, = Width of wear plate of saddle support (B,>B+ lot,) Steel saddle breadth c= D= Shell outside diameter Spacing between saddle supports E= H = Height of the stiffener L = Overall length b = Width of saddle support 1 with IS 813 : 1986.

1.2.1 Provisions regarding permissible stresses, design, fabrication and erection as included in IS 800 : 1984 shall apply unless specified otherwise in this code. 1.2.2 For provisions regarding analysis for saddle support and associated local loads, reference shall be made to IS 2825 : 1969. 1.3 The above-ground storage tanks covered in this standard are not intended for mobile application. 1.4 Unless otherwise stated specifically, provisions, covered in this standard apply to both above-ground and underground tanks. 2 REFERENCES The Indian Standards listed in Annex A are necessary adjuncts to this standard.

IS 10987 : 1992

L:EG / MANHOLE

DIP

/CONNECTION r&
STIFFENERS LINE

_.~ f- xnmm -t

6Omin.L

PIG;. 1 TYPICALARRANGEMENT ABOVE-GROUNDHORIZONTALTANK OF t,,, = End plate thickness t, = Shell plate thickness, t, = Wear plate thickness 6 GENERAL from suit6.1 The tank may $e manufactured able size plates covered in IS 1730 : 1989. 6.2 Table I covers recommended sizes, plate thickness for tanks of various nominal capacities up to 90 kl. The shell and end plate thicknesses include a corrosion allowance of l-5 mm. 6.3 General arrangements for above-ground and underground tanks are shown in Fig. 1 and 2, respectively. 6.4 Enquiries or Order Form With a view to facilitating the manufacturing and supply of welded oil storage tanks, certain detailed information is to be supplied to the manufacturer. The information so required is listed in Annex B. 7 MATERIALS 7.0 General Unless agreed otherwise, the material for the construction of oil storage tanks shall conform to Indian Standards, where applicable. 7.1 Structural Steels NOTE - The plate material
Min
be used without &s r;FFrcements O. specified in 7.1.1 may impact testing for tank shells and for design metal temperature up

7.1.2 The dimension of structural steel sections and plates used in tank construction shall conform to IS 808 : 1989 and IS 1730 : 1989, respectively. 7.2 Cast Steel Mountings The mountings shall be suitable for welding and shall conform to Grade 3 of IS 1030 : 1982. 7.3 Electrodes The electrodes for meta form to IS 814 : 1991. 7.4 Piping Unless specified otherwise the pipe and pipe couplings shall conform to IS 1978 : 1982. If so specified in the contract or order, couplings for threaded connections may be supplied without recesses; when so supplied the coupling in all other respects shall conform to IS 1978 : 1982. Pipes used for structural purposes shall conform to IS 1978 : 1982 or IS 1979 : 1985 with respect to physical properties of the material. Pipes of heavy class conforming to IS 1239 ( Part 1 ) : 1990 may be used for nozzles on tank and internal piping, if so specified in the contract or order. 7.5 Flanges Plate ring flanges shall be made from any of the plate material listed in 7.1.1. Requirements of slip on welding and welding neck flanges are covered in IS 6392 : 1971. 2 arc welding shall con-

7.1.1 Steel plates and sections used in the tank construction shall conform to any one of the following specifications: IS 226 : 1975, IS 961 : 1975, IS 2002 : 1982, IS 2041: 1982, 1S 2062 : 1984 or IS8500: 1977.

IS 10987: 1992
VENT

CONNECT ION RAW-OFF .PO IN1

FIG. 2 7.6 Bolts and Nuts

Bolts

TYPICAI,ARRANGEMENT UNDER-GROUNDHORIZONTAL OF TANK 9 DESIGN 9.1 Tanks manufactured to provisions of this code, shall be designed for a pressure of 0.05 MPa when full of water. Thicknesses chosen shall not be less than the thicknesses given in Table 1. 9.2 Tanks to be installed underground shall also be designed for external earth pressure acting on the tank when it is empty. 9.3 Corrosion Allowance

shall conform to property class 4.6 or 4.8 and other requirements specified in IS 1367 ( Part 3 ) : 1979. Nuts shall conform to property class 4 of IS 1367 ( Part 6) : 1980. 7.7 Other materials used in association with steel work shall, where appropriate Indian Standard specifications for materials exist, conform to such specifications. 8 PERMISSIBLE STRESSES

8.1 Maximum permissible stresses in shell and other structural members shall not exceed values stipulated in 8.1.1, 8.1.2 and 8.1.3.
8.1.1 In the design of tank shells, the maximum permissible tensile stress before applying the factor of joint efficiency of O-7 shall not exceed 165 MPa in case of steels conforming to IS 226 : 1975 and IS 2062 : 1984. For other steels this shall be taken as 0.70 of the minimum yield stress or O-4 of the minimum tensile stress specified, whichever is less.

Minimum corrosion allowance of l-5 mm shall be considerd in design of tanks. To safeguard against corrosion caused by the environment and the product stored 1.1.1 and 10 should be followed. 9.4 Design Temperature The design temperature shall be the lowest one day mean temperature where the tank is to be installed, as available from relevant IS codes, metreological department or local authorities. 9.5 Poundation 9.5.1 Tanks shall be built on good foundations. Above-ground tanks shall be provided with steel wear plates for installing them on concrete pedestals or steel cradles as specified by the purchaser. 9.5.2 Typical arrangement for above-ground tank is given in Fig. 1. Concrete pedestals shall be designed to support the tank full with water. 9.5.3 As tank diameter or shell thickness ratio increases, the shell shall be analysed for buckling resistance to reaction loads at the concrete pedestals _and associated local loads as per IS 2825 : 1969. 3

8.1.2 The permissible stresses in compression, buckling, shear, bearing, etc ( not covered in 8.1.1 ), shall not exceed those specified in IS 800 : 1984. For this purpose steel conforming to IS 2002 : 1982 and IS 2041 : 1982 shall be treated as equivalent to IS 226 : 1975 or IS 2062 : 1984 whereas Type 2 steel conforming to IS 2041 : 1982 shall be treated as equivalent to IS 961 : 1975. 8.1.3 The stresses specified in 8.1.1 and 8.1.2 are applicable for design temperatures of - 10C to + 200C. 8.2 The permissible stresses for welds and welded connections shall conform to the values given IS 816 : 1969.

IS 10987 : 1992 Table 1 Dimensions and Capacities of Horizontal Underground and Above-Ground Storage Tanks With Flat Ends ( C/auses 6.2, 9.1, 13.4 and 14.3)
Nominal Capacity Shell O$Diameter Length

Overall

Between Saddle supports

Spacing

Thickness _-----_-_-.---~ Shell Plate Wear

Plate Gnzground tank

L (3) mm

E (4) mm

tw
(5) mm

ts
(6)
mm

Above; ground tank L

(7)

End Plate with Stiffners

Size of Minimum Stiffners Width of ( angle

Minimum Breadth

Secti&s)

Saddle Support B

Saodfd le SupEort

Approximate Wage ( Above Nominal

Capacity

(1
Kl

(2)

mm

mm

mm

(9) mm

(10) mm

(11) mm

(12) percent

7.8 1 385 5 1 600 150 2 750 2 110 65x65~6 5.0 6.0 6-O 5.0 4.9 1 385 150 4 000 7.5 1 600 3 610 65x65~6 5.0 6.0 5.0 6-O 5.9 1 560 10 250 4 250 1 800 3 530 5.0 8.0 65x65~8 5.0 6.0 7.5 1 690 250 5 503 1 950 4 120 15 70X70X8 5.0 8.0 5.0 6.0 7.5 1 950 250 2 250 5 500 20 90X90X8 5.0 8.0 4600 6.0 8.0 6.3 2 295 250 90X90X 10 10.0 2 500 5500 4 500 25 6.0 6.0 8.0 8.3 2 340 100x100x10 250 10.0 2 650 6 003 4 910 30 8.0 8.0 6.0 s-4 2 330 250 35 100x 100x 10 10.0 2 700 6 750 5 670 8.0 8.0 6.0 9.5 2 380 40 100x100x10 250 10.0 2 750 7500 6 400 8.0 6.0 8.0 7.2 2 380 8 250 45 2 750 7 100 lCOxlOOxlO 250 10.0 8.0 8-O 6.0 5.2 2 380 50 2 750 250 10.0 9000 100x 100x 10 8.0 8.0 6.0 7 900 6.4 2 380 550 2 750 55 10 000 100x100x10 10.0 8 900 8.0 8.0 6.0 7.3 11000 2 750 60 2 380 250 10.0 100x 100x 10 8.0 8.0 9900 6.0 IO 8.7 2 750 13 000 2 380 11900 100x 100x 10 250 10.0 8.0 80 60 7.7 2 750 80 2 380 14 750 100x100x10 250 10.0 10.0 13 650 6.0 8.0 7.1 90 2 380 2 750 10.0 16 500 15 400 100x100x10 250 10.0 6.0 80 NOTES 1 The thickness specified above are the minimum requirement only (including internal and external corrosion allowance ), pertaining to yield value of steel as 250 MPa. 2 The actual thickness required shall be checked taking into the consideration soil pressure, fluid pressure and external loading. 3 End plates in co1 8 of the flat ends shall be provided with stiffners given in co1 9 and agreed as per Fig. 3E. 4 End plates of the flat ends shall preferably be without joints. Where the end plate is made by welding of two or more plates, the weld joint shall be made horizontal. Full width of plate( s ) should be utilized at the bottom.

10 CORROSION

PROTECTION

Tanks to be installed underground shall be suitably protected against corrosion caused by the soil strata and/or sub-soiI water. The purchaser shall specify type of such protection that he considers desirable. Suggested good practices for asphalt doping are given in Annex C. 11 TANK ANCHORAGE 11.1 Tank to be installed underground shall be anchored to resist the buoyancy force induced by high water tables that may occur seasonally. The anchorage could be either provided by means of steel flat of round bars having adequate cross section to resist the uplift at a stress level of 140 MPa maximum. 4

11.2 The anchors should be embedded in RCC draft having necessary dead weight, bonding and shear strength to resist the uplift force. 12 APPURTENANCES 12.1 General 12.1.1 Appurtenances or mountings installed on tanks shall conform to this code. Alternative designs of appurtenances which provide equivalent strength, tightness and utility are permissible, if so agreed to by the purchaser. 12.1.2 Manhole necks, nozzle necks, reinforcing plates and shell-plate openings which have either sheared or oxygen-cut surfaces, shall have such surface made uniform and smooth, with the corners rounded, except where such surfaces are fully covered by attachment welds. AND MOUNTINGS

IS 10987 : 1992 12.1.3 The opening in tank larger than 65 mm in diameter shall be reinforced. The minimum thickness of the reinforcing pad shall be the same as the shell thickness and diameter shall be twice the diameter of the hole cut subject to maximum diameter of the opening plus 200 mm. 12.2 Manhole 12.2.1 Each tank shall have a minimum of one manhole of not less than 500 mm size ( diameter ). 12.2.2 The manhole cover may be hinged with single or multiple bolt fixing, as required by the purchaser. 12.3 Nozzles The nozzle sizes shall be selected to meet individual operating conditions of filling and emptying rates. 12.4 Lifting Lugs The lifting lugs shall be provided in the tank at appropriate position to lift the empty tanks Typical details of lugs and positions are only. shown in Fig. 1 to 3. 12.5 Accessories The tank shall be provided with a fill connection, a draw-off connection, a dip-connection a vent connection and a drain connection. 12.5.1 Fill Connection When the tank is filled from the top, an internal fill pipe running down to within 100 mm of the tank bottom shall be provided to avoid splashing of product and generation of static End of the fill pipe shall be electricity. chamfered at 45. 12.5.2 Dip Connection The dip connection shall be provided with a galvanized ircn, aluminium or brass screwed cover and be fitted with an internal perforated pipe running down to within 100 mm of the tank bottom. Appropriate perforation shall be provided for various products. Alternatively, in case of above-ground tank a float arrangement for continuous gauging of liquid level inside the tank may be used. 12.5.2.1 The calibrated dip rod shah be of nonsparking material ( 12 mm square brass rod is recommended ).
5

12.53

Vent Connection

The vent pipe shall be securely supported and shall not be less than 4 m in height and at 4 m distance from any adjoining land or property or any other source of fire. Vent pipe of any tank shall not be interconnected with that of another. The open end of every vent pipe shall be covered with two layers of non-corrodible metal wire gauge having not less than 11 meshes per linear centimetre and shall be further protected from rain by a hood or by suitably bending it downward. 12.5.4 Earthing Connection The horizontal storage tank, whether aboveground or underground, shall invariably be provided with earthing connection to eliminate the possibility of accumulation of static charge on the surface of the tank either due to atmospheric electricity or due to flow of product into the tank. For this purpose, two earthing bosses of appropriate sizes shall be welded to the saddle support in case of above-ground tanks and to the end plate in case of underground tanks. Guidelines for making earthing connection for tanks are also given in Annex D. 13 FABRICATION AND SHOP PAINTING

13.1 The workmanship and finish shall be first class in every respect subject to closest inspection by the manufacturers inspector, whether or not the purchaser, waives any part of the inspection. by welding. Welding procedure in general and the qualification of welders shall be as specified in IS 9595 : 1980and IS 817 : 1966. 13.2 The cylindrical shell shall be of full penetration double butt-welded construction. 13.2.1 The end plates and penetration shall be attached to the cylindrical shell by means of double fillet welds. 13.3 Shell Plate Arrangement 13.3.1 When the shell length is produced from more than one single plate the longitudinal seams shall break joint at intermediate circumferential seams. It is recommended that whenver possible a longitudinal seam should be situated in the upper third of a tank or on the top centre line. 13.4 The end plates shall be adequately stiflened. The recommended size of angle stiffeners as
13.1.1 The tanks shall be fabricated

IS 10987 : 1992 given in Table 1 shall Fig. 3 C. 13.5 Typical Fig. 3. weld joint be arranged as per 14.3 Tolerance on Overall Length The overall length of the tank shall not differ by more than 0.5 percent of the overall length given in Table 1. 15 INSPECTION AND TESTING

details

are shown in

13.6 Shop Painting All the external surfaces of the tank shall be thoroughly cleaned and freed from rust and scale and painted with one coat of an approved primer paint. All the interior surfaces of the tank shall be cleaned to remove all rust and foreign matters like grease, dirt, etc, before despatch. 14 TOLERANCES 14.1 Tolerance on Shell Diameter The tolerance on diameter at any point on the length of the tank shell shall be within f 0.35 percent of the specified diameter ( MUX ) when calculated from an external circumferential measurement. 14.2 Tolerance on Circularity The tolerance on circularity at any point on the length of the shell that is the difference between maximum and minimum internal shell diameter, shall not exceed one percent of the nominal internal diameter.

15.1 Examination of welds shall be done by visual means. However, non-destructive testing such as spot radiography may be carried out at the option of the purchaser. 15.2 All gauges and templates necessary for inspection, to the satisfaction of the inspector shall be supplied by the manufacturer. 15.3 All tanks shall be subjected to hydraulic test at a pressure of O-05 MPa and checked for leaks. 16 CALIBRATION 16.1 Tanks may be calibrated mathematically unless otherwise specified by the purchaser. Where physical calibrations are specified by the purchaser, tanks shall be calibrated in accordance with IS 2009 : 1975 using a certified water. Calibration tables shall show volume of product for every 0.5 cm of filling height of the tank. 16.2 Calibration may independent authority, purchaser. be certified if so required
by an

by the

NUOUS t T WELD SHELL

4
t al

f-+3rilm

t,=Sbfimm

(8mm

OPTIONAL)

ia)

-+/ +3mm (b)

3A TYPICAL

15 = 8mm AND 10 mm
LONGITUDINAL JOINTS AND CIRCUMFERENTIAL 3B TYPICAL

(b)
SHELL TO COUPLING DETAILS JOINT

OF SHELL

FIG. 3

TYPICAL WELD JOINT DETAILS -

( continued )

IS 10987 1992 :

CONTINUOUS FILLET WELD

L
3C TYPICAL JOINT

( b)
NOZZLE NECK TO SHELL

FOR MAN IHOI _E AND

1 20mm

w
3D WELD JOINT

bONTlNUOUS FILLET WELD FOR FLAT ENDS

AND LIFTING LVG

PLANE

SECTION 3E STIFFENING DETAILS

YY OF END

SECTION PLATE

XX

PIG. 3

TYPICA.Id WELD JOINT DEI AlLS

IS 10987 1992 :

ANNEX

(Clause 2 )
LIST OF REFERRED INDIAN STANDARDS IS No. Title IS No. Title

226 : 1975 800 : 1984

Structural steel ( standard quality ) (fifth revision ) Code of practice for general construction in steel ( second
revision )

studs with full ( second revision )

loadability

808 : 1989

Dimensions for hot rolled steel beam, column channel and angle sections ( revised ) Glossary of terms relating to welding and cutting of metals Scheme of symbols for welding Covered electrodes for manual metal arc welding of carbon and carbon manganese steel ( _@#arevision ) Code of practice for use of metal arc welding for general construction in mild steel ( jirst

Technical supply conditions 1367 (Part 6 ) : 1980 for threaded steel fastners: Part 6 Mechanical properties and test methods for nuts with specified proof loads ( second
revision )

1730 : 1989

812 : 1957 813 : 1986 814.: 1991

revision )

Dimensions for steel plate, sheet, strip and flats for general engineering purposes ( second Line pipe ( second revision )

1978 : 1982 1979 : 1985

2002 : 1982

revision )

High

test

line

pipe

($rst

816 : 1969

Steel plates for pressure vessels for intermediate and high temperature services including boilers ( jirst revision ) Method for calibration of horizontal and tilted oil storage tanks ( first revision ) Steel plates for pressure vessels used at moderate and low temperature ($rst revision ) Weldable
revision )

revision )

2009 : 1975

817 : 1966

Code of practice for training and testing of metal arc welders ( revised ) Structural steel ( high tensile ) ( second revision ) Carbon steel castings for general engineering purposes ( second revision )

2041 : 1982

961 : 1975 1030 : 1982

2062 : 1984 2825 : 1969

structural unfired

steel (third pressure

Code for vessels

Mild steel tubes, tubulars and 1239 wrought steel fittings: ( Part 1) : 1990 other Part 1 Mild steel tubes (fifth
revision )

6392 : 1971 8500 : 1977

Steel pipe flanges Weldable structural ( medium and high qualities ) steel strength

Technical supply conditions for 1367 ( Part 3 ) : 1979 threaded steel fastners: Part 3 Mechanical properties and test methods for bolts, screws and

9595 : 1980

Recommendations for metal arc welding for carbon and carbon manganese steels

IS 10987 : 1992

ANNEX ,J$ _ ( Chae

INFORMATION

6.4 )

j
BY THE PURCHASER

TO BE FURNISHED

B-l The following information shall be supplied by the purchaser in his enquiry:

Location a> Tank c>

of tank; of tank; length restrictions;

b) Nominal capacity
diameter

and/or

4 InternaI tank pressure and/or vacuum; e) Rate of filling and emptying tank; f 1 Product to be stored and its design and
specific gravity;

g)

Minimum ambient temperature where tank is located or design metal temperature;

h) Corrosion allowance for shell. end nlates and other parts both - internaland external; j) Maximum wind speeds; k) Earthquake factor; m) Any additional loads to be considered for tank design; n) Type of foundation and bearing capacity of the soil; p) List of mountings required and their location on the tank; q) Type of construction, lap or butt-welded; r) Extent of painting required and surface preparation; and s) Scope of supply of tank manufactured.

ANNEX

( Clause 10.1 )
ASPHALT ASPHALT DOPING Asphalt doping should be adopted to provide satisfactory protection to steeI against soil attack.
C-l.2 Doping of tank should not be taken in hand until the tank is finally tested inside the pit and all water emptied out. However, on the portion of the outside surface of tank which come in contact with cement concrete or foundation, doping can be carried out ( as per the laid down procedure/specifications ) before testing, excluding the welding joints portions which shall be completed after testing. C-l

DOPING b) Primer Coat - The surface thus prepared should be treated with two coats of Tankmastic or equivalent primer. Each coat is applied uniformly after the previous is completely dried. The approximate coating capacity of Tankmastic or equivalent is about 11 to 13 mZ/l coat. c) Doping - After the application of primer coats, two coats of hot 30140 Grade bitumen shall be applied as per manufacturers recommendations, resulting in an overaIl coating thickness of 3.2 mm. The 30/40 Grade bitumen shall be heated to the required temperature as recommended by the manufacturer for easy and uniform appbcation of bitumen. The application of bitumen shaII be done in such a way as to give the appearance of a rough cast plaster and this can be obtained by dabbing onIy and not painting. 9

C-l.3 Recommended practices asphalt doping are as follows:

for carrying

out

a) Surface Preparation-The outside surface of the tank, turn buckle, anchor bolts, burried portion of manholes, nozzles, saddles, etc, should be thoroughly cleaned by scraping with wire brushes and sand papers to bare metal. All mill scales dirt should be completely removed before starting the doping work.

IS 10987 : 1992

ANNEX

( Clause12.5.4 )
EARTHING CONNECTION D-l GUIDELINES FOR MAKINGEARTHING CONNECTIONS D-l.1 Every tank shall be electricalIy connected with the earth in an efficient manner by not less than 2 separate and distinct connections pIaced at the opposite extremities of such tank. The connections and contacts shall have as few joints as possible. All joints shall be riveted, welded or bolted and also soldered to ensure both mechanical and electrical soundness. The resistance to earth shall not exceed 70 and the resistance to earth plate or to any part of fitting shall not exceed 20.

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