Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:34:01 +0000, geoff wrote:

and the risk of a spark from e.g. dropping your keys ?

Keys tend to be brass, thus don;t spark. Iron or steel is normally
required to make a spark. I agree the risk from a mobile phone is minimal,
they don't after all take any precautions to prevent static discharge. May
be an urban myth but the a reason for the ban of transmitters on
forecourts is so the electronics in the pumps doesn't get confused and
misread...

I recall a news story from a few years back when CB radio was the craze.
There were cases of people using high power RF amps on their CBs to make
the adjacent pump under read.

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Cheers,

John.

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