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Posted by Matt from CT on July 02, 2007 at 14:29:12 from (76.193.68.102):
In Reply to: Re: Old Gas Disposal posted by tractormiallis on July 02, 2007 at 13:27:06:
Please watch this video to see just how mellow and safe to handle 5 gallons of stale gas becomes. Link's not for dial-up users, it's huge. Yeah, it was 5 gallons of "stale" gas put in the building by a member of a mutual aid department w/o knowledge of the host company. Gasoline's vapor density at standard temperature & pressure is in the range of 3-4 times that of air. Gasoline has a flashpoint of -40ºF and therefore is potentially explosive at all conditions any of us normally encounter. In that video, that old "stale" gasoline somebody wanted to lazily get rid of was evaporating (since it was well above -40º), and spreading out nice a low since it was heavier then air, making a nice big area with the right mix of air and fuel to be explosive. Your luck with burning it in a barrel had absolutely zilch with it losing it's punch from age and everything to do with LUCK and that the vapors were still down in the barrel and not spreading out yet where they'd find an explosive fuel:air ratio.
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