Gas Can?
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Diesel on the other hand, different story.
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A wide-open bucket on a cold day produces very little vapors.
IDK-I dont think i will run and try it.
But the point remains- Do not spark near a vapor trail.
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Although, if anybody has a video of somebody else throwing a match into a bucket of gasoline at temperatures so cold theres no ignition, I'd love to be proven wrong.
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Left Las Vegas for Boise (in a pretty bad headwind) to see my 2 of my grand-babies, made it 124 miles and ran out of gas. And no cell service. After the first 3 hours of waiting, it wasn't funny any more. After close to 5 hours, a super nice guy on a big Honda pulling a trailer stopped, and he had a 2 gallon gas can. He would not take the $100 I tried to give him, just asked that I pay it forward. I thanked him, and me and my sunburn headed down the road.
Out in the West, and especially out in the desert, I try and stop for fuel about every 100 miles or so I can, if nothing else to take a break and get a drink. There is a stretch of I-80 from my home exit to Wendover, NV that is 99 miles, with no services, and nothing after that for another 40-50 miles or so. Better not be on the 2nd half of your tank if you pass by.
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Gasoline has a flash point of about -40 to - 50 F. A wide open bucket will produce enough vapor for ignition even in well below zero degree temps....in fact, because gasoline vapors are of a higher density than air, the vapors would just collect in the unused space of the bucket. Throwing a match into that will give you a fire. Good idea on not running out to try it.
Although, if anybody has a video of somebody else throwing a match into a bucket of gasoline at temperatures so cold theres no ignition, I'd love to be proven wrong.
Although, if anybody has a video of somebody else throwing a match into a bucket of gasoline at temperatures so cold theres no ignition, I'd love to be proven wrong.
I will give it a shot this winter.
Myth busters we aint.
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I did read this in an engineering book of sorts years ago-about the match and a bucket of gas.
It was an illustration of results.
it went on to say a cup of gas is the same as a stick of dynamite. .
I will work on it and see how the eye brows come out.
It was an illustration of results.
it went on to say a cup of gas is the same as a stick of dynamite. .
I will work on it and see how the eye brows come out.