David,
Thanks for the information about gasoline sinking (being heavier than air),
but it would still be in and enclosed area up behind the spare tire and
would likely build up a certain amount of vapors... and as you know it is
the gasoline vapors rather than the liquid itself that is explosive. Whether
it would build up a high enough concentration to be explosive I don't
know... and I don't want to be the first to find out :)
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ibm.net>
To: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: Gas Can Carrier

>Gasoline (and ether) vapours sink...LP sinks, butane not sure, natural gas
>rises.
>
>david
>
>At 21:16 4/19/2000, Davidson wrote:
>>this doesn't have to be a leak; just gasoline vapor rising and being
trapped
>>under the van... and there is a spark from one of the nearby wires... or
the
>>fan shorts out and burns up... the results could be catastrophic...
>
>David Beierl - Providence, RI
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