ujoint
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Ha, depends on who you ask. Steven just went to SC last weekend and re stocked his arsenal.
Thats a bad (expensive) habit
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Ha, depends on who you ask. Steven just went to SC last weekend and re stocked his arsenal.
Thats a bad (expensive) habit
Careful, illegal interstate transportation of fireworks can be harshly penalized if caught.
Learned that one the hard way.
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Chris' shop is in America, not California...
derjack
Adventurer
...or nontoxic, nonflameable gas, like “N“. Gas tanks are way more dangeros than diesel. Anyway it is ONLY thecritical mixture ( gas vs oxigan) that can explode. It has nothing to do the overall volume of gas in the tank.
patoz
Expedition Leader
AKA - UEL (Upper Explosive Limit (to rich)) and LEL (Lower Explosive Level (to lean)). The range in between the two is explosive.
A guy my sister went to school with was welding a hole in a gas tank without doing much prep. They found bits and pieces of him all over the shop.
I've patched many many many diesel tanks. Mainly 3/16" wall tanks on oil drilling rigs. Some while diesel is barely dripping out. Some we drained, cleaned, then purged with nitrogen.
I've patched many many many diesel tanks. Mainly 3/16" wall tanks on oil drilling rigs. Some while diesel is barely dripping out. Some we drained, cleaned, then purged with nitrogen.
Bikersmurf
Expedition Leader
I'll not take chances. A photographer friend had to take some pictures for a police investigation. A couple workers were cutting up large gas station fuel tanks... The coroner had difficulty identifying the remains. This with tanks that had been drained and removed months previously.
luthj
Engineer In Residence
At work (large jet aircraft) fuel tanks are drained and ventilated for almost a week before mechanics can enter to inspect and/or repair them. Diesel fuel is not volatile enough at room temperatures to be explosive. It is actually fairly difficult to get fuel tanks to explode. A fire is fairly easy though.
Regardless, in the unlikely event of a fuel tank explosion, only a the fuel vapor will contribute energy to the immediate blast. That being said, the enclosed vessel will serve to contain the explosion, at least for a few milliseconds, which amplifies it. At which point the container become shrapnel and any remaining liquid fuel creates a firebomb.... :Wow1:
If welding in a well ventilated space above the fuel line, the tank can be inerted by flushing/filling with nitrogen, argon, or carbon dioxide. The exterior must be free of fuel vapors, as an exterior flash or explosion is still possible.
Regardless, in the unlikely event of a fuel tank explosion, only a the fuel vapor will contribute energy to the immediate blast. That being said, the enclosed vessel will serve to contain the explosion, at least for a few milliseconds, which amplifies it. At which point the container become shrapnel and any remaining liquid fuel creates a firebomb.... :Wow1:
If welding in a well ventilated space above the fuel line, the tank can be inerted by flushing/filling with nitrogen, argon, or carbon dioxide. The exterior must be free of fuel vapors, as an exterior flash or explosion is still possible.
TheWooginator
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Oh my god. This is the first I've seen of the Alphavan build. Tears of joy. If I do a cash out refi on my house....
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What's the scoop on vivalavida's side door exterior window treatments?