Hi Lee, You'll get no flak from me. I think it all boils down to we're all saying the same thing: Good procedure, caution, and respect for the power of fuel & electricity. Some of us just get carried away.
Tommy ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:20 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Grounding while fueling Any time refueling is done, it is essential to equalize the electrical charge on the fuel container and item being refueled. I know I will get tremendous flack for saying this, but it doesn't matter, I have no reservation using plastic containers to refuel anything if the proper precautions are accomplished. There is no more danger when plastic is used than when metal is used, the same precautions must be done, otherwise there maybe a spark and explosion. Any static charge on the plastic container must be discharged/neutralized and or equalized with the airplane,lawn mower, weedeater, etc before refueling. The same must be done with metal containers. The problem is that most folks think plastic is not a conductor, which in many cases it is not, but this is not true with static electricity. Many non conductors of household level of electricity do store and conduct static electricity. Plastic fuel containers are major storage units of static electricity and can kill you very quickly. I will not go into the types and manners of attaching static discharge grounding wires to plastic containers as there would be too many opposing views. I will say that unless you are keenly aware of how to properly connect a static discharge wire to your plastic container, DON'T USE A PLASTIC CONTAINER TO FUEL OR REFUEL ANYTHING. OK, now hit me with the disagreements. Lee Browning ____________________________________________________________ Purify your water with professional water treatment. Click now! <http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2132/fc/BLSrjnsJahw14M7aNzXVjFSEXdn tz9eLGqZPGEPpFcD93IVRK693HjuWsBC/>
