On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:04:29 -0800, Enoch Root
wrote:
Bruce L. Bergman wrote:

I was talking in the round, of course. I never pushed the pressure
beyond what I found printed in the manual and user notes, but having
read all the BAD things that can happen with this kit, in this thread,
I'm wondering how long I have to keep it alive to get them all.

Long (Million-to-one) odds only means it is not impossible. And
every so often you have the chance to do stupid things and be The
Proverbial "Other Guy" that all the bad stuff in life happens to.

Or, be a little more focused and diligent while reading the manual.

Exactly the reaction I was going for - RTFM is the mantra.

When they say 'fasten the cylinders' you know why, and you do it.

And when you look at that Navy photo, now you know why I said to
wedge a box and leave the trunk lid with a big gap for ventilation,
and get them out as soon as you get home. He was storing the bottles
in the back seat of the closed cab all the time, and inside the sealed
camper shell top would be no better. Even with both windows left open
on the shell all the time it would be only marginally safe.

I have a Utility Bed on my truck with a special side compartment
punched full of louvers designed for safe Oxy/Acetylene bottle
storage. And even at that I don't leave them in there all the time,
because it still gets very hot in there when parked in the sun.

I have no intention of storing the tanks in a car, and I'm pondering
some form of protective covering for the valve (these lack threading for
a bell cover). Even if it were a neutral gas this would be a danger...

You can special order small tanks with the threaded collars and
safety caps, but it's not usually done on the small sizes - and if you
want to keep those tanks with the collars you can't toss them into the
exchange pool, it locks you into the week-long wait for your own "user
tanks" to be trucked to the plant, filled, and returned.

The small tanks don't have enough contents to fly far if you break
the valve off, and they're not heavy enough to break their own valves
while falling over unless all the planets are aligned precisely wrong.
So just being careful with your tank handling practices will suffice.

-- Bruce --

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Bruce L. Bergman, Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) CA - Desktop
Electrician for Westend Electric - CA726700
5737 Kanan Rd. #359, Agoura CA 91301 (818) 889-9545
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