Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:31:58 -0800
Reply-To: Doug F <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Doug F <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Subject: Re: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon WOW
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Robert,
Great vid,
Looks like she had a build up of static electricity from the
upholstory of her car or touching her sweater just before handling the pump.
Her shoes were likely the type to keep the "charge" on her body without
grounding her.
Right up to the exact moment she touched the grounded fuel nozzle and wham!
The spark at the metal nozzle was around the fumes and thats all it took.
Its possible if she touched her car metal first she could have discharged
the static into the car body
where it would dissipate.
Many times of the year when I exit my Vanagon after sliding out of the seat
I reach out for the outside handle to close the door
and wham! I get a pretty good jolt.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon
> Perhaps we should all be required to pump gas naked....
>
> http://www.flurl.com/uploaded/Gastank_Fire_3202.html
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 5:02 PM
> Subject: Re: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon
>
>
> > Chris,
> >
> > Can you explain this one a little more? I've never seen that warning
(but
> > I'll look tonight when I fill up).
> >
> > A car is not grounded when you fill it with fuel, so what difference
does
> > it
> > make if you're filling a plastic container that is on the car?
> >
> > What about a plastic container on the ground?
> >
> > What about when you fill the plastic tank on a boat?
> >
> > That being said... whenever I fill a plane at the airport, I'm required
to
> > attach a grounding cable to the plane prior to filling.
> >
> > Just curious...
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> > Of Christopher Gronski
> > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 4:16 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon
> >
> >
> > Filling with the tank not grounded (ie: on the roof) is a really good
> > way to have the tank EXPLODE AND KILL YOU and any other bystanders due
> > to static discharge. They put warnings on gas pumps for a reason. DO
> > NOT FILL TANKS ON YOUR ROOF YOU ARE RISKING YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF
> > THOISE AROUND YOU.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On 12/5/05, Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@comcast.net> wrote:
> >> My extra gas is stored in 2.5 gallon plastic containers, one is OK for
> >> most trips, two for way off the beaten path. One Vanagon owner I met
> >> had a great setup which I am considering: he bought a plastic 6 gallon
> >> gas tank for an outboard boat motor and cut off the fitting that
> >> attaches to the motor. When you want to fill up the Vanagon tank, just
> >> uncoil the hose and stick it in the filler! No need to remove from
> >> roof.
> >>
> >> Keith O
> >> 84 Westy
> >> 90 Westy Syncro
> >>
> >> On Dec 5, 2005, at 9:01 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> >>
> >> > Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 22:01:10 -0700
> >> > From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
> >> > Subject: Re: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon
> >> >
> >> > "So, I'm tyring to come up with a
> >> > safe and easy-to-implement solution."
> >> >
> >> > I carry the 5 gal. Wedco shown in Gary Lee's web pic link you posted,
> >> > in my
> >> > luggage rack, tied down.
> >> > Bob Stevens
> >> > '87 Westy Syncro
> >> > "Passion Fruit"
> >>
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