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1 Why doesn't gas gauge sender cause an explosion -- rank: 1000
Why doesn't gas gauge sender cause an explosion [Follow Ups] [Post Followup] [Dodge Power Wagon Forum] Posted by ... 19, 2004 at 7:18PM : Does anybody know why a gas gauge sender doesn't ignite the gas vapor in the upper part of the tank? It seems strange to me that you can have the electrical part in the tank without it being a fire hazard. wierd power wagon ...
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2 Re: Why doesn't gas gauge sender cause an explosion -- rank: 897
Re: Why doesn't gas gauge sender cause an explosion [Follow Ups] [Post Followup] [Dodge Power Wagon Forum] Posted by ... 2004 at 8:48PM : In Reply to: Why doesn't gas gauge sender cause an explosion posted by Jim Chance on Saturday, June 19, 2004 at ... spark. In addition, the fuel-to-air mixture within the tank is so rich that there isn't enough oxygen to ... Weird, but true. APB Follow Ups: Re: Why doesn't gas gauge sender cause an explosion - Chris Lube Lublin 3: ...
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3 Re: Who says you can't weld on a gas tank? -- rank: 849
Re: Who says you can't weld on a gas tank? [Follow Ups] [Post Followup] [Dodge Power Wagon Forum] Posted by ... Reply to: Who says you can't weld on a gas tank? posted by Tom in Indiana [32.166.249.116] on ... a kid, was investigating a long abandoned underground fuel storage tank on his familie's farm. He threw a match in so he could see the bottom of the tank. The ensuing explosion about killed him. Follow Ups: Re: ...
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4 Re: Why doesn't gas gauge sender cause an explosion -- rank: 826
Re: Why doesn't gas gauge sender cause an explosion [Follow Ups] [Post Followup] [Dodge Power Wagon Forum] Posted by ... at 3:56AM : In Reply to: Re: Why doesn't gas gauge sender cause an explosion posted by arthur p bloom on Saturday, June 19, 2004 ... fuel pump was charred! it had caught fire inside the gas tank! She is very blessed to not have gotten killed ...
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5 Re: No oxygen inside of a fuel tank. But a spark at the filler.. -- rank: 727
Re: No oxygen inside of a fuel tank. But a spark at the filler.. [Follow Ups] [Post Followup ... 43PM : In Reply to: No oxygen inside of a fuel tank. But a spark at the filler... posted by chriscase on ... themselves up using a match to see down in the tank to see if there's gas in it. What it really amounts to is an "energy ... There is a whole class of industrial electronics that are "explosion-proof". There are basically two ways to make a piece of electronic equipment explosion-proof (unable to ignite an explosive atmosphere). One is ...
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6 From another old guy...welding gas tanks. -- rank: 667
From another old guy...welding gas tanks. [Follow Ups] [Post Followup] [Dodge Power Wagon Forum] Posted ... has been dead for over 20 years. (natural causes, not explosion) I learned a lot, but not enough, from him. I ... a mechanic. More than once I watched him fill a gas tank with exhaust and then weld a crack or a hole, because the carbon monoxide in the tank would prevent an explosion. I always waited around the corner of the building. :) ...
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7 electricity, schmelectricity- no oxygen, all gas fumes -- rank: 628
electricity, schmelectricity- no oxygen, all gas fumes [Follow Ups] [Post Followup] [Dodge Power Wagon Forum] Posted ... at 10:17PM : In Reply to: Re: Why doesn't gas gauge sender cause an explosion posted by arthur p bloom on Saturday, June 19, 2004 ... several amps. No oxygen, no bomb. The oxygen in the tank has all been displaced by fuel fumes, leaving none to ... at the filler? The spark was at the interface, where gas and air mix. The tank did not explode, only the fumes displaced by the ...
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8 Purge with inert gas before welding. -- rank: 573
Purge with inert gas before welding. [Follow Ups] [Post Followup] [Dodge Power Wagon Forum ... 06, 2014 at 21:02:26 : Use CO2 or MIG gas. Cheap source of inert gas is the exhaust from a warmed up vehicle. Use duct ... The water will cut down on the fuel for the explosion. Then use the inert gas. Chunk of dry ice maybe? Whatever you use for the gas, give it long enough to displace the air/fuel ...
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9 Much resistance = little spark, plus no oxygen in tank -- rank: 561
Much resistance = little spark, plus no oxygen in tank [Follow Ups] [Post Followup] [Dodge Power Wagon Forum] Posted by ... 24, 2008 at 02:13:27 : In Reply to: fuel tank sensor posted by Robert N. on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 ... spark arrester. Then there is also the fact that the gas fumes are sooo rich, the tank atmosphere is 'flooded'- no oxygen, no explosion. A billion cars in the world, not many explosions. It ... Ups: Re: Much resistance = little spark, plus no oxygen in tank - Robert N. 03:31:28 09/24/2008 Standing ...
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10 No oxygen INSIDE gas tanks- all used up. -- rank: 553
No oxygen INSIDE gas tanks- all used up. [Follow Ups] [Post Followup] [Dodge Power ... 02:45:31 : The oxygen in the air, in the tank, gets used up slowly by combining with the gas fumes. It's why tanks so seldom explode. BUT, electricity at the cap, where gas fumes come out to meet the air? Sounds like why filler nozzles have built in grounds, why there are explosion while filling- NOT cell phones, static sparks where fumes meet ...
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11 Explosion in Bozrah.... -- rank: 537
Explosion in Bozrah.... [Follow Ups] [Post Followup] [Dodge Power Wagon Forum ... 07:47 : "I tried it on a screw on a gas tank sender"......WOW..You could have made the 6 o'clock ...
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12 Re: That would be dangerous to do! -- rank: 521
... the compression would go back and forth out of the tank and never build up any pressure. You would need a ... the up stroke stops the vacumme from pulling in the gas air mixture thru the carb manifold and the spark plug ... the spark. I don't think I would want the explosion of fuel/air mixure to put out the air pressure ... and if you allowed the pressure to go into the tank it would not get enought compression to fire off the ... pressure and fuel mixure would be in the tire or tank and there is a posible cross over flame explosion into the tank/tire since it would be a ...
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13 Re: Interesting Crewcab Info -- rank: 454
... should look good anyway. Have you ever cut a diesel tank apart? This truck had a cool old saddle tank that straddles the frame. The top of the tank is checker plate & I guess they stored chains or tired ... the checker plate. Ugly job but not hard. So the tank had old diesel up until a month ago. So I ... tell me to hook up an exhaust pipe from a gas car & just let it run until the tank is warm to the touch...then start grinding a ...
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14 The archives are a great resource. -- rank: 324
... 24, 2008 at 09:33:06 : In Reply to: fuel tank sensor posted by Robert N. on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 ... 53 : http://www.t137.com/swish-e/swish.cgi?query=gas+tank+explosion&metaname=swishdefault&sort=swishrank Click Follow Ups: Post a Followup ...
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15 Re: another Power Wagon advantage -- rank: 324
... little sparks as it rubs across the coil, in a tank full of gasoline fumes, but they've been doing it ... years, and I've never heard of one causing an explosion. The key might be that the saturated fuel/air mixture in the tank is too rich to ignite. Besides, if the fuel gauge ... you're going to be able to stop at a gas station, put your credit card in the slot, and fill ...
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16 Re: VW bugs were under the back seat -- rank: 272
... 21AM : Your right but I was thinking of coroision not explosion. I had a VW with one there once and the ... mounted my Baja Battry under the front hood and the Gas tank behind the seat instead. Figured it was safer than on ...
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17 Re: Wax on Wax off -- rank: 272
... Paul, thanks. I tried it on a screw on a gas tank sender. I tried everything, finally I went up to the ... second try. Thanks again Terry Vt PW Rally Follow Ups: Explosion in Bozrah.... - 57 Kevin 07:52:26 03/23/2010 ...
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18 Startlling experience with torch -- anybody else had this? -- rank: 272
... out around the acetylene valve. This is the kind of tank that has a collar up around the top and a ... full bottle, but I'm also somewhat leery of fire, explosion, death, or serious injury. I might be tempted to just ... open the valve far enough to get just barely enough gas pressure, although it still leaks some. Or maybe I'll ...
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