I'm going to run with Tom and Jeff, here, It's simply "better practice" to NOT get distracted by a cell phone, when dealing with something that can explode.
Too many people get complacent about many things, and usually it's not that big a deal, BUT, when dealing with your, or your kids lives, take a second. " what was I thinking" Greg Manning On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Jeff Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Dr. Tom, > > > Myth or IS standards? > > Intrinsic Safety (IS) is for real and should also be respected in our > industry or find something less taxing. You could check your owners > manual to see if your cell phone is certified, but I doubt it. > > An Electrical Engineer would take the worst case scenario and apply it > to the design not just most of the time scenario. For example what > happens if an out put transistor fails is there a current limiting > resistor or fuse in place? What happens if you drop the device? What > happens if you change out the battery? Is the case really an explosion > proof housing???? > > I doubt that your diesel Rabbit will make you exempt. For example you > fill up at a station that also sells gasoline... Maybe a trucker mixed > up the gasoline with your diesel, etc., etc., etc.... > > > > > Jeff > > > On Mon, 2012-03-19 at 08:23 -0400, Thomas Reed wrote: >> I apologize if I was taken in by an Urban Myth purported to come from >> Shell Oil by a good friend. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ -- Regards, Greg Manning, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada _______________________________________________ Gasification mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
