Static Eletricity at the Bowser

[Gosling1]

that sounds like something most mechanics would do .....

the cigarette story sounds like the one I was thinking of.

[Glen]

Give it a try Pinchy. See how you go.........

But honestly who gives a shit... Petrols in the bowser and you want it in your tank......stick it in however the fuck you want. If you happen to fry while you're at it, tough fucken luck. I'm sure there's as much chance of you lighting a servo as there is of winning a lottery.

[Dingus]

my dad used to put out matches in a can of petrol as a party trick... until he burnt down the workshop table by spilling the petrol can 1 day.

[penno]

Just to put this to bed, in a previous life I was a tanker driver for mobil, static can only be caused by Diesel not by petrol.
Petrol VAPOUR has a very low flash point 43cel and is heavier than air " petrol does not burn Vapour does" ie: sit on ya bike, fill ya tank, vapour cascades down over the engine area " engine hot = balls of fire and nowhere to run!
chances of this happening = rare"..... if it does it will blow you off your bike, burn all oxygen around you & you wont be able to breathe, & if you have your helmet off you will have 3rd degree burns on your skin " all in 2 seconds"

My 2 bobs worth - 22 years in the fuel distribution business -

Static can be caused by petrol, but Diesel is a poor conductor so generates more static when flowing. A static disapator is added to Diesel and Kerosene to mitigate the risk.

I have seen two videos (service station CCTV footage) where fires have started in service stations and the ignition source was a mobile phone. One from the Caltex F3 service stations the other from Brazil. The guy in Brazil was killed, the other, a girl sitting inside a car only ended up with singed hair.

I have also seen during a fire training session a guy drop a lighted match into a beaker of petrol and the match went out. With a small opening a beaker/cup/petrol can the vapour is too dense with not enough oxygen present to allow ignition.

You've got to get off eventually to pay so why a big deal...........

[tape]

Don't do the match thing Gos, the vapour will ignite but the main word there was full can of petrol, open container full to brim less space for vapour. half full container or near empty container of fuel and lots of vapour.... boom

I have however had a tool of a servo owner many years ago butt his smoke out on a wet diesel pump that i was removing... there was diesel all over the place and he stubs it out on top of the pump unit (inside the dispenser). I just shook my head and told him he was a Farkin idiot and rang the Oil Co. concerned when I left the site.

Just remember it might not happen the first time when testing these theories out, but it will happen when you least expect it.

something to think about...

http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/ ... 53991.aspx

Cheers