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In Oregon we don't fill our own cars or cans. The service station
attendant (pump jockey) does it for
you. This is a state law. (I guess the politicians here think we're to
stupid to operate the pumps.)
When I have cans (platic or metal) to fill I remove them from the
trunk of the car or the back of
the truck and sit them on the ground while he (or she) is filling the tank
on my vehicle. Then I put
them back in my vehicle myself so it gets positioned and secured the way I
want them.
Bob Saville
Richard Eddinger wrote:
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>
> In most cases here in Cal if the station attendant sees you filling a
> container while it is in the vehicle they will stop you and make you set
> them on the ground.
> Dick & Nancy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gordon Tanner" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 12:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] fuel containers
>
> > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following
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> >
> >
> > I also heard about it from the Air Force Retiree News. Seems as
though he
> > was an Air Force retiree that forgot his training.
> >
> > I'm probably preaching to the choir, but...... It makes no difference
if
> > the cans/containers are metal or plastic. Unless they are grounded,
> static
> > electricity can build up. Same goes for pouring the gas into the
plane.
> > The plane should be grounded and the container should be grounded, or
at
> > least touch the ground before pouring....and.....the container should
be
> in
> > contact with the grounded plane while pouring.
> >
> > Back when I owned and flew airplanes...not ultralights.... I made a
short
> > grounding cable with alligator clips that I attached to the container
and
> to
> > the airplane ground point before pouring.
> >
> > Gordon Tanner
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 11:18 AM
> > Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] fuel containers
> >
> >
> > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before
following
> any
> > advice in this forum.]----
> > >
> > >
> > > I just saw on CNN news where a guy was filling gas ans on the back
of
> > > his pickup truck and it blew up and set him on fire because they
said
> > > the cans were not grounded so be careful.Jim in Ct.
> >
> >
> >
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