Soldato
What an amazing insight, you must be proud. Nobel Prize anyone?
well just saying the yanks do it doesn't make it right or safe.
hell they buy kids guns and then wonder why the kid kills his 2 year old sister with it
What an amazing insight, you must be proud. Nobel Prize anyone?
243 petrol station fires in 11yrs
So what did set off those 243 petrol station fires? Most of the time, static electricity was the culprit. We've all seen or felt a spark from clothing. If you are wearing synthetic clothes in the dryness of winter, and are sliding in and out of the car, across the synthetic material of the car seat, then you can build up a big static charge. Then, if the earthing wire on the petrol hose is broken, when you touch the metal nozzle of the petrol hose to the metal neck of the petrol tank, you can discharge a visible spark. Even more dangerous, from the static electricity point-of-view, is filling up a small fuel drum.
i still say
http://londonbikers.com/forums/uploads/Images/d9a5399a-846d-4db5-895e-0835.JPG[IMG][/QUOTE]You are going to have to touch the nozzle, so there will be a discharge anyway?
If you put the nozzle in, click it to auto, hang around and wait for the pump to stop, then remove the nozzle, I suspect any potential nastiness is minimised. It's no more dangerous than touching the nozzle twice, which people do all the time. Just don't drive a car with velour seats.
You are going to have to touch the nozzle, so there will be a discharge anyway?
If you put the nozzle in, click it to auto, hang around and wait for the pump to stop, then remove the nozzle, I suspect any potential nastiness is minimised. It's no more dangerous than touching the nozzle twice, which people do all the time. Just don't drive a car with velour seats.
I could just start the pump, let go, start the pump and it would have a similar affect as the heinous crime we are discussing. In fact, I sometimes do this if my hand gets a bit crampy on a 70 litre fill. Granted, I won't go for a walk around, but I'm suspicious how much static builds up if I'm standing near the pump and not rubbing balloons in my hair while operating a chainsaw.If there is a static discharge when a user first lifts the nozzle then there isn't a signicant amount of fuel or fumes to ignite. But when returning to the nozzle a second time after auto/cap-lodge then (1) there is potential for a build up of static from the moving fluid or from the user, resulting in increased risk of a discharge, (2) there is now flammable fluid and fumes exposed to oxygen and an ignition source.
I could just start the pump, let go, start the pump and it would have a similar affect as the heinous crime we are discussing. In fact, I sometimes do this if my hand gets a bit crampy on a 70 litre fill. Granted, I won't go for a walk around, but I'm suspicious how much static builds up if I'm standing near the pump.
When it's, like, -10 C, I'd rather be in my warm car.
My leather seats aren't going to be generating much static, nor are my leather-soled shoes - leather is quite resistant to that.Yes you could and if you don't let go of the nozzle then there is very little risk of any static discharge.
If you let go of the nozzle and then grab it again, the risk is still minimal.
But if it's cold and you get back into your car, rub against the seats, etc, then get back out and grab the nozzle again then the risk is increased (it's an extremely small risk but it is certainly there).
There's no need when I can just get back in my car.Man Up
My leather seats aren't going to be generating much static, nor are my leather-soled shoes - leather is quite resistant to that.There's no need when I can just get back in my car.
Just don't drive a car with velour seats.