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10-24-2010, 08:06 PM
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Be careful with Plastic Race Fuel jugs
A friend of mine grabbed his plastic race jug by the rubber fill tube and started to walk outside to put gas in a truck and the jug rubbed his coverall pants leg. The resulting action caused a static electric discharge and the fuel jug blew up in his hand. While he is alive he almost lost his leg below the knee due to burns. He will recover, but has a painful road ahead.
I know I never thought of this happening and I grab my fuel jugs like this all the time. When I talked to the firemen they said that this happens quite often. You are supposed to touch metal before you pickup a fuel container to discharge any static electricity and then vent the cap to release any pressure before carrying the container. Just a safety announcement. Robert
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10-24-2010, 08:23 PM
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Sorry to hear about your friend. Plastic generates a huge amount of static electricity. This is why plastic is not allowed in aircraft fueling. Eveything has to be grounded together. We had a local man burned severely from fueling a plastic can in the bed of his truck. It blew up due to a static discharge. I hope your friend recovers.
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10-24-2010, 08:25 PM
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I used to fuel planes at the Ontario Airport so yeah I know what you mean by all the grounding. I just never really thought about it with the race jugs. Seeing my friend made it hit home.
Robert
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10-24-2010, 08:38 PM
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Wow thanks for that I sure hope your friend recovers.
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10-24-2010, 10:03 PM
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Most plastics dont conduct electricity but a ground will prevent static build up. Its a good idea to ground fuel cells and the caps as well. Dont just trust your brackets holding your cell. Run a ground wire. Static and fuel are a bad combo!
Hope your friend is going to be ok. Burns suck. |
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10-25-2010, 04:50 AM
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Sorry to hear about your friend, bad deal for sure. I hope his recovery isn't to rough, Thanks for the heads up, something to think about.
Take it EZ, Brett
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#7
10-25-2010, 09:10 AM
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My cheapo shop-vac purchase in 1992 taught me to SPRAY PAINT the darn plastic shop-vac (inside&out) because it was a van-de-graf generator.
Extending any & all though of plastic containers to storing & discharging static-electricity is wise. |
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10-25-2010, 01:15 PM
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Same deal for the bedliners in pickup trucks. Lots of fires started sliding plastic gas cans, lawnmower type not just race type across the liner floor and creating BIG static sparks.
As I recall reading, its not a problem sliding gas jugs on metal truck floors |
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