Daniel Hutchinson wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Eycott, George, VF UK - >> You are assuming a propane bottle. Could have been Butane (blue >> cylinder) which is a quick release connection. >> > Yeah, or asmentioned, it may onyl have been the spare, most boats > carry two. > > You also dont know what time it was done, the fire might have been > really fairly small and contained when that was done, before any of > the photos shown where taken. > > If a small fire broke out on a boat, i think about the first sensable > thing to do would be to turn off the gas if its not already, and then > remove the bottle(s). > - Even with propaine screw fittings, you can always just pull, > pigtails arnt actually that strong.
It would take me tooooo long to get the bottles out of the locker! Don't foget they aren't freestanding since the BSS, I would also have to undo the straps holding the bottles as well. But they are out in the front steel locker with no other flammables nearby. Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
