Gas station pet peeves
I was at the car wash/gas station today and coming out of the car wash I was going to fuel up my truck. As I'm rolling out of the car wash I am aiming for the only pump that has diesel, as I'm headi...
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down home wrote:JaxDad wrote:down home wrote:
If it is cold or thee air is running because it is ungodly hot I'm not shutting off the gen either.
Diesel does not explode or vaporize easily, and there are no sparks if someone is spewing gas all over the ground.
You might be surprised how much of a spark can be generated by that big electromagnetic clutch on your a/c compressor. You know, the one right behind that big belt-driven fan that's sucking all those gas fumes in?
BTW, the law actually says it's illegal to have your "ignition on" it doesn't specify gas or diesel for exactly that above reason.
Ac compressors are on the roof. If the ac clutch on a truck is putting out sparks you got troubles.
You don't have, or use, the a/c on the chassis?
If you don't think that the brushes and / or clutch linings don't make a little spark as they do their best hing you might one day get a nasty surprise.
It doesn't take much of a spark to light up gas fumes, that's why it's illegal to fill jerry cans while sitting on the plastic box liner of a pickup in most jurisdictions.
