RadioBanter - View Single Post - CB Radios, Cellphones and Gasoline Vapor Ignition

March 21st 04, 03:07 AM

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 00:23:20 GMT, wrote:

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 13:33:06 -0800, Guy Macon
http://www.guymacon.com wrote:

"John Michael Williams" wrote:

Thus, it appears it is not feasible to create a
hazardous spark with a CB at a gas station.

So, I think sliding over on a car seat, and thus generating a
possible static charge, would be more likely to ignite gasoline
vapor than talking on a cell phone while refueling.

Excellent set of experiments! I heartily approve of anyone who
does an experiment rather than taking someone's word.

Your methodology seems sound to me.

You might try putting a couple of drops of gasoline on a ceramic
plate and seeing if your wire is making a spark too small to see
but large enough to ignite the gasoline.

Another way of looking at it is with statistics. How many people
talk on cell phones while refueling? How many fuel fires occur?

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|'Doc says...

|Turning off cell phones and radios seems like a reasonable
|precaution while fueling, I don't have a problem with that.
|I also don't understand why anyone else would either.

You don't understand why someone might be unwilling to miss
an incoming call when there is no apparent benefit?

You don't understand why the possibility of blowing the gas station to
pieces is more important than the possibility that you might miss a
phone call?

If the call is of any importance they'll call again in a little while.
I make myself available when I wish to be, not when some fool yapper
wants me to be. Also, I don't take calls when I'm on the crapper, let
them call again when I'm finished.

- YD.

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