Oh yeah, you need dope from the people who install fueling stations. Gasoline, but I’ve been to the fire at owner-operator gas station. Saved himself a few dollars fixing a leak in a dispenser. Dope like you’d buy from Home Depot. When fire happened others safety systems worked and original fire probably was only a couple gallons. That was adequate to burn the Corvette that had less than a thousand miles since it left the lot. That was enough to destroy the canopy. Corvette owner was fine if initially a little scared from initial Poof.
Did insurance company pay? I don’t know. Best. > On 11/20/2020 7:50 PM Kenneth Berman via Sprinklerforum > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > steel fuel lines are good. Use super dope, no tape. NFPA used to require a > check valve in the fuel return, I still put it in the line. Old habits. > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 5:07 PM BRUCE VERHEI via Sprinklerforum < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I’m mostly impressed you have an owner who cares. > > > > Best. > > > > Bruce Verhei > > > > > On 11/20/2020 4:19 PM Kyle.Montgomery via Sprinklerforum < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Our standard for diesel fire pumps is to provide a double-wall fuel tank > > with leak detection, steel supply and return fuel lines, and of course the > > connection at the diesel engine is generally a flexible connection provided > > with the diesel engine from the manufacturer. > > > > > > Anybody doing anything different? > > > > > > Any particular problems with leaks? > > > > > > I've got a client who is particularly concerned about mitigating fuel > > leaks, but in my experience there is little reason to be concerned about > > leaks with this arrangement. The client is asking me to look at using the > > special Kynar double wall pipe made by Flexworks. I guess the advantage is > > that you would have less connections because it would bend rather than use > > fittings (90s), but it looks like it would be more easily-damaged than > > steel pipe. Anyone have experience with this or something similar? > > > > > > We've also discussed possibly adding a curb below the fuel tank to catch > > leaks, but what if the leak occurs in the line closer to the diesel engine > > (outside of the curb)? The curb is useless at that point. > > > > > > I feel like the standard method is pretty effective and that any of this > > other stuff has seriously diminished return value, but I'd be interested to > > hear from the audience. > > > > > > -Kyle M > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Sprinklerforum mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
