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Plastic gas can safety?

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Dave (IL)

01-23-2005 10:16:26




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I know there have been accidents using plastic gas cans. I always put mine on the ground for filling. Touch everything externally before I start filling, etc.
Any good rules to follow to prevent problems?
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Dave (IL)

01-23-2005 20:50:55




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 Re: Plastic gas can safety? in reply to Dave (IL), 01-23-2005 10:16:26  
A friend of my son took one out of his truck and set it down in his garage and it blew up. At least that's how I heard the story. He was burned and lost his garage. Now with plastic cans and plastic bedliners and plastic gas tanks on lawnmowers etc, plus the paranoia that comes with old age, I just wondered how others dealt with it.

As to the static from getting in and out of the car, I bought an Avalanche a couple years back. Because of it's height, I tend to turn in the seat and slide out. On one of the first cold days that I got back in the truck while I was filling it, I got back out when it shut off, grabbed the nozzle and snap - helluva spark. Got real careful to touch the metal as I got out after that.

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Roy in UK

01-25-2005 02:28:01




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 Re: Plastic gas can safety? in reply to Dave (IL), 01-23-2005 20:50:55  
Every piece of garden /forestry equipment these days is fitted with plastic fuel tanks. You mix your 2 stroke in a plastic can then you transfer it into your ( brushcutter for example )which has a plastic tank. (More often than not your overalls are made with a cotton/polyester mix.) I have been doing so for 20 years or so without incident, but is there anything I should watch for?



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Davis In SC

01-23-2005 13:07:21




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 Re: Plastic gas can safety? in reply to Dave (IL), 01-23-2005 10:16:26  
Sounds like you know the drill..... . Also, they say to keep nozzle in contact with can at all times during filling. A guy I know has a consulting firm that deals in Gasoline/Static issues.He was featured on Dateline a few years ago. They did simulations of car fires, but had a fireman there to put them out immediatly. He said almost all car filling fires are caused by women that start the pump & get in car to keep warm. Wool coats on the car seat generate static, & they get out, & touch nozzle, creating a spark. I think the web site about this can be found by doing a search for SDI Journal

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Davis In SC

01-23-2005 19:49:40




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 Re: Plastic gas can safety? in reply to Davis In SC, 01-23-2005 13:07:21  
Oops, I was wrong on web site. Address of site on gas & static is www.esdjournal.ABCcom just remove ABC. Very interesting site. His mother lives next door to me.



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RayP(MI)

01-23-2005 18:18:50




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 Re: Plastic gas can safety? in reply to Davis In SC, 01-23-2005 13:07:21  
Nylon and Rayon and other synthetics acn generate static electrity too - so pays for all to be careful. Don't get back in the car while fueling - especially if you're wearing nylons! Seriously, guys good advice for all - both sexes. Men's sweaters, trousers and other clothing can create static under proper conditions too!



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upred

01-23-2005 20:02:27




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 Re: Plastic gas can safety? in reply to RayP(MI), 01-23-2005 18:18:50  
also dont fill gas cans in the back of pickup trucks if you have plastic liner or the spray on type they build up static electricty also



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mj

01-24-2005 20:54:18




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 Re: Plastic gas can safety? in reply to upred, 01-23-2005 20:02:27  
I've got a 55 gal. drum with a pump on it for tractor gas and a rubber mat in the pickup bed. When I take the drum down to fill it I take a log chain along and ground the drum with it. When I fill plastic cans I always take them out of the truck and set them on the ground and keep a hold of the pump nozzle.



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