How does an auxiliary tender work?

wesp · **Posted:** Sun Nov 16, 2025 7:57 pm

How does an auxiliary tender work? Is water fed to the main tender by gravity? Or is a pump used?

Thank you!

Wesley

k5ahudson · **Joined:** Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:30 am **Posts:** 773

wesp wrote:

How does an auxiliary tender work? Is water fed to the main tender by gravity? Or is a pump used?
Wesley

No pump needed. Once you connect a hose from one tender to the other the water level drops in both tenders at the same rate. Simple physics.

wesp · **Posted:** Mon Nov 17, 2025 11:55 am

k5ahudson wrote:

wesp wrote:

How does an auxiliary tender work? Is water fed to the main tender by gravity? Or is a pump used?
Wesley

No pump needed. Once you connect a hose from one tender to the other the water level drops in both tenders at the same rate. Simple physics.

Duh! Makes sense. Thank you.

Wesley