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re: Smoking around pumps at a gas station
Posted on 8/4/16 at 5:21 pm to PatDyesPants
Posted on 8/4/16 at 5:21 pm to PatDyesPants
One of my friends refuses to turn his car off while he fills up because he wants to keep his AC running.
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Posted on 8/4/16 at 5:23 pm to PatDyesPants
Usually people driving chargers and sebrings practice this.
Posted on 8/4/16 at 5:24 pm to PatDyesPants
Luckily I can speak ebonics. People who smoke at the gas pumps period, are idiots! Regardless if they are pumping, gas , diesel or nothing at all. Needs to be done elsewhere.
Last fall in Mississippi I seen a hispanic gentleman unloading a bulk tank of gas that was mounted on a homemade cart into the stations storage tank.
The tank had a 3" ball valve in the bottom of the tanks sump. The opening on the ground storage tank appeared to be around 6" in diameter and the bottom of the bluk tank valve was approximately 1' off the ground .
He lines that joker up the best he can see fit, and just dumps it. The wind was blowing around a steady 10 mph with persistent gusts. Only thing i could think about was a lit cigarette blowing across the parking lot and lighting the whole place up.
Did i say anything to him? Hell no! I finished pumping and got the hell out of there.
Last fall in Mississippi I seen a hispanic gentleman unloading a bulk tank of gas that was mounted on a homemade cart into the stations storage tank.
The tank had a 3" ball valve in the bottom of the tanks sump. The opening on the ground storage tank appeared to be around 6" in diameter and the bottom of the bluk tank valve was approximately 1' off the ground .
He lines that joker up the best he can see fit, and just dumps it. The wind was blowing around a steady 10 mph with persistent gusts. Only thing i could think about was a lit cigarette blowing across the parking lot and lighting the whole place up.
Did i say anything to him? Hell no! I finished pumping and got the hell out of there.
Posted on 8/4/16 at 5:33 pm to PatDyesPants
Nothing to worry about in South LA..... to much humidity.
Posted on 8/4/16 at 5:36 pm to PatDyesPants
quote:
I will say something
I'd bet my life savings and left nut that you don't say shite.
Posted on 8/4/16 at 5:51 pm to PatDyesPants
quote:
I will say something.
Tough guy
Posted on 8/4/16 at 5:57 pm to PatDyesPants
Posted on 8/4/16 at 5:57 pm to tuptiger
quote:it means a cigarette can't make the gas catch fire
I don't understand what this means.
Posted on 8/4/16 at 5:58 pm to SG_Geaux
quote:
One of my friends refuses to turn his car off while he fills up because he wants to keep his AC running.
I refuse to turn my car off while I fill up because I want to keep my AC running. Got a problem with it?
Posted on 8/4/16 at 6:00 pm to SpiderY2Bannana
quote:more dangerous than someone smoking at the pump
I refuse to turn my car off while I fill up because I want to keep my AC running. Got a problem with it?
Posted on 8/4/16 at 6:04 pm to bee Rye
Let's see some evidence to back your claim up.
And define "more dangerous." A but ambiguous don't you say?
And define "more dangerous." A but ambiguous don't you say?
Posted on 8/4/16 at 6:04 pm to PatDyesPants
Not to add to your worries, but sparks from a cellphone could be just as catastrophic. At least that's what my Aunt Edna put on Facebook. Be careful out there
Posted on 8/4/16 at 6:06 pm to Teton Tiger
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Teton Tiger
Smoking and cell phone use while pumping gas very dangerous ,
Steve Fowler, an electrical engineer from Fowler Associates, says cell phone signals are far too weak to ignite even explosive gasoline fumes. He and Jim Farr, a fire marshal from Gaston County, N.C., study static fire and say your body can build up a static charge in different ways, such as getting in and out of a vehicle.
"When you scuff your feet on the carpet, you can get up to 35,000 volts," Fowler said. "In a car situation we have seen as high as 60,000 volts." That voltage is enough to catch gas fumes on fire, Fowler said. As for a cell phone — or cell phone battery — sparking a fire, Fowler and Farr say that it is theoretically possible but not probable.
No Documented Connection
LINK
Posted on 8/4/16 at 6:06 pm to PatDyesPants
People who smoke at the pump are trashy.
People who say
Trashy
People who say
quote:on a message board when in actuality they ain't saying shite is
I will say something
Trashy
Posted on 8/4/16 at 6:08 pm to PatDyesPants
I won't turn my engine e off when I pump either. Come at me bro.
Posted on 8/4/16 at 6:31 pm to Teton Tiger
quote:
Smoking and cell phone use while pumping gas very dangerous ,
Lighting a cigarette is dangerous, the lit cigarette is not. As the OP pointed out, lighting a second cig without thinking is the danger.
Despite what you may have heard, cellphone use at the pump is not at all dangerous. Charging your cellphone may be, but using it is not. There are zero documented cases of cellphones causing a fire at a gas pump.
Static discharges (often caused by getting back in and then out of your car on a cold day) probably results in more gas pump fires than all other causes combined.
Posted on 8/4/16 at 6:34 pm to LSUaFOOL
quote:
nly thing i could think about was a lit cigarette blowing across the parking lot and lighting the whole place up.
A lit cigarette will not ignite gasoline, diesel, propane, or natural gas. it is not hot enough.
Posted on 8/4/16 at 6:35 pm to brett randall
I posted a response before I realized you already had. Yours is better.
Posted on 8/4/16 at 6:39 pm to bee Rye
quote:
more dangerous than someone smoking at the pump
Hmm, I wonder why helicopters are refueled while running? They do get concerned about igniting the fuel though, that's why they ground the fill line and handle prior to inserting and starting to refill. Of course that's for controlling static discharge, the real danger.
Posted on 8/4/16 at 6:39 pm to PatDyesPants
Stupid is as it is
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