K. Thanks all.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 7:37 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 08:16 PM 10/26/2009, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>
>> My experience with charcoal is with fish tanks and BBQs.
>>
>
> Fish tanks same stuff, except it's used once and tossed in a much less
> controlled environment.  BBQ, ordinary (non-activated) charcoal, with or
> without binders and heaven-knows-what that seems to amount to about a third
> of a bricquet.  Actual pure charcoal burns to a light feathery ash with very
> little volume.
>
>
>  So this lasts indef as long as no cracks or leaks?  Thanks again for the
>> insight.
>>
>
> I guess I'd say it lasts indefinitely until it stops working whether for
> obvious or magical reason (i.e. the charcoal gets gucked up with something
> other than gasoline vapor).  I believe the magical failures are very rare
> but don't know for sure.  And I don't know any reasonable method to test one
> for function in the back yard.  So, physical integrity and proper
> connections are both the best you can do and pretty reasonable as well.
>
> Yrs,
> D
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