Jon, If people used the same due dilligence with their gas engines that you do with propane this would not be an issue.
I have all the propane equipment you do and still turn off the gas at the tank when I'm done cooking. My propane locker has a pad lock on it, *rule on the boat is*; Lock open, gas on, lock closed, gas off. When I shut down the stove I step outside and shut the valve at the tank and close the pad lock. To your argument, I was referring to a closed garage. If a car leaked 12 gallons of gas into a closed garage with an abundance of other flammable material combined with spark and just the right amount of air - fuel mixture, (light switch, garage door opener, blah blah) the results could be catastrophic. The point is, this rarely happens. Just as it rarely happens on a boat. I don't go around throwing lit matches into pools of gasoline, but the odds are that the match will go out before it ignites the gasoline and that is why we have so many fewer accidents than people think. The same goes for propane. The air - fuel mixture has to be remarkably "unlucky" to make things go boom. AGAIN, I'm not a proponent of leaving things to chance but science says if you open your propane tank in your cabin and light a cigarette, odds are nothing will happen....no I'm not going to test that. :) If one has an A4, upgrade your fuel systems and keep them that way. Install a shut off valve on your fuel lines that will keep gas from running into your bilge if you are not around to take notice. A gasoline sniffer is a nice thing to have as well. I believe some detect both gasoline and propane. All this safety equipment can't stop my ex-girlfriend from stabbing me with an ice pick. Does anyone make an ex-girlfriend sniffer? She keeps giving me "that look" when I run into her. Rob
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