The RF won't cause a fire, but the buttons on the phone could. Since the buttons are mechanical, they make and break an electrical connection. If there is enough energy to cause a spark across the connection, it could cause a fire.
Tom Tomlinson ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Mountjoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] cell phone causes fire at gas pump > HA! Come to California. When I was a kid, I worked > at a service station. More times than I care to > count, I shut down the pumps because some moron was > holding the pump handle with one hand and a cigarette > with the other, just leaning against their car withour > a care in the world (heck, they were probably talking > on a cell phone too!) It is truely amazing how little > respect people give to the fuel that drives their > lives. > > I agree too, about the static buildup theory. A little > bit of cloth rubbing together is more likely than the > radio waves of the phone. > > - James > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > thanks john: > > maybe you could follow your buddy from the body shop > > around and give him a > > call on his cell when he is filling up. <eg>. Here > > in Oregon we cannot pump our > > own gas so I feel somewhat safe. Last week when I > > was filling up in Washington > > (I work in Washington) I watched some gal park her > > car at the pumps, go > > inside, come out, light up a smoke and hop in her > > car! I was flabbergasted that > > someone could be that stupid! > > Larry > > (Z) > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. > http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ >
