[VAC] Re: 12V Refrigerator Questions (LP pilot off)

[jim clark <jec1938@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are some folks on the list that work with fire and you may hear from 
them...

Personally, I feel we all get a little careless if we manage to get to 
adult status without killing ourselves... I have seen people smoke while 
refueling, use gasoline to light a fire, leave the motor running while 
refueling, and a number of other moves that I wished at the time I was a 
long way away from ....

Imagine this... you are filling up with gas at the station on the road and 
you go around to the other side of the truck to wash a window or you pop 
the hood and get busy checking the oil etc... the automatic shutoff on the 
hose fails to close and the gasoline runs down the side of the truck and 
along the ground ( in the direction of the trailer)  ... the refer has 
decided that the temp in the refer is not quite cold enough and the flame 
is on full trying to get the temp down in the refer... it's kind of hot 
outside and the gas is evaporating fast... just about the time you are 
wondering what the hell that guy is yelling about, you find out the hard 
way....

My opinion is shut the gas tanks off, shut the motor off, put out any 
burning material ( like a cigarette) and stand there holding the hose until 
the tank fills up... most of the time the auto shut off will work, but if 
it doesn't , you will be glad you were there....

Most of us come to rely on the safety factor that is built into just about 
everything we come in contact with, but if two or more things go wrong at 
the same time, there is a chance that you will become a statistic...

As usual, I defer to the professionals on the list...



Jim Clark

jec1938@corecomm.net