Filling gas bottles

The first thing I check is that the gas is turned off before filling mine, I don't think he will be filling that van again
 
i got the impression that he was trying to fill normal lpg bottles , not refillables, and to add to his stupidity, his fridge burner was alight . worra twat !
 
if he was filling a normal gas bottle then i would have thought it would not be connected to his gas pipe work.
maybe the escape of gas as he lifted off the pump blew into his fridge vent area .
or maybe he just is daft .
might be he had a remote filler piped in and that was leaking into the vehicle .
bottles are so easy to fill , many have been doing it since way back in the 70,s .
lpg cars were quite common back then ,died off in the 80,s to later return again .
best not fill gas or even get fuel if your fridge is working on gas and lit.
 
vwalan said:
if he was filling a normal gas bottle then i would have thought it would not be connected to his gas pipe work.
maybe the escape of gas as he lifted off the pump blew into his fridge vent area .
or maybe he just is daft .
might be he had a remote filler piped in and that was leaking into the vehicle .
bottles are so easy to fill , many have been doing it since way back in the 70,s .
lpg cars were quite common back then ,died off in the 80,s to later return again .
best not fill gas or even get fuel if your fridge is working on gas and lit.
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And yes your right but your also likely to have a hot engine and other vehicles coming and going in a petrol station.

Makes me think about filling a motorbike petrol tank over the top of a hot engine.
 
harrow said:
And yes your right but your also likely to have a hot engine and other vehicles coming and going in a petrol station.

Makes me think about filling a motorbike petrol tank over the top of a hot engine.
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mind think of the sparks that fly around in your alternator or dynamo etc . or the sparks in the distributer etc its endless , if you think about it .
the worse thing is very often some have poor badly made fittings that are being sold these days .
see lots with cracks on fittings etc . and see lots of the so called refillable bottles that are hard to fill or leak when filled .
even a bumped about bottle from morocco seems better than the rubbish thats being sold as new .
 
Google translation

ZUTPHEN - On Friday morning, July 13, a person was injured in a large fire at a filling station at the Warnsveldseweg in Zutphen. The man, owner of the vehicle, suffered severe burns. He was taken to a hospital with an ambulance.

The man wanted to fill loose gas bottles at a gas station shortly before 10.00 am. However, this is not allowed and warning signs were present. It went wrong when filling the gas bottles. The LPG escaped and hopped up in and around the vehicle. Because the vehicle had a gas-operated refrigerator, the pilot light of the cooling caused a large fire with a lot of black smoke.
After the fire was extinguished it seemed that the danger had passed. At a certain point the LPG installation started to blow off, causing the surrounding area to be shut down. Immediately afterwards a nearby apartment building was completely cleared.

After the gas supply, in a field beyond, was closed, the danger briefly died. One had to wait until the pipeline to the filling station had been drained so that measurements could be taken. After almost no more gas was measured, the evacuated residents were allowed to return home.

The owner of the camper was brought to a hospital with second and third degree burns. The employee of the gas station has been shocked. The service station will remain closed for the rest of the day. The damage to the gas station is great. The vehicle, an old Volkswagen T1 van, burned completely.
 
I have no desire to start a bottle filling thread , if proof were needed this is one person who obviously overestimated his abilities or the searching nature of lPG or perhaps both.

Many can do it successfully for a lifetime but not everyone can so should they be encouraged ?

Thankfully no one killed.

Channa
 
Makes me think about filling a motorbike petrol tank over the top of a hot engine.[/QUOTE]
quite a harrowing thought

you might get away with a spark, or hot metal , but a naked flame will ignite the gas every time !
 
n brown said:
Makes me think about filling a motorbike petrol tank over the top of a hot engine.
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quite a harrowing thought

you might get away with a spark, or hot metal , but a naked flame will ignite the gas every time ![/QUOTE]

I filled Maureen with diesel for this very reason dindt work though :tongue:

Channa
 
I've read a few posters on this site respond with a no when the question
of "do you turn off your fridge when fuelling up or driving".

When refuelling motorbike the danger isn't so acute because the petrol/vapours
are open to atmosphere not in a confined explosive space. Mind you it's
probably wise to dismount unless you want to run the risk of a burnt meat
and two veg. surprise.
 
Byronic said:
I've read a few posters on this site respond with a no when the question
of "do you turn off your fridge when fuelling up or driving".

When refuelling motorbike the danger isn't so acute because the petrol/vapours
are open to atmosphere not in a confined explosive space. Mind you it's
probably wise to dismount unless you want to run the risk of a burnt meat
and two veg. surprise.
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Petrol vapour ( gas state now ) has a lower explosion limit of 1.2 % volume in air which is lower than LPG gas 1,4 /1,7 butane/propane but does have a higher ignition temperature hence not too many issues from a warm engine ..but an ignition source of naked flame or spark ...good night Vienna 560 degrees its flash point why on a hot engine can be hair raising

Not that I am volunteering a test

Channa
 
channa said:
quite a harrowing thought

you might get away with a spark, or hot metal , but a naked flame will ignite the gas every time !
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I filled Maureen with diesel for this very reason dindt work though :tongue:

Channa[/QUOTE]

Safety first.
 
How many people do you see using mobile phones in petrol stations even though there are clear warning signs prohibiting their use?
 
What about the steel tipped heels on my 6" stilettos as I
mince over the concrete fuelling forecourt, those sparks !!
 
Where I'm parked tonight I fell into conversation with a fellow full time motorhome dweller.

He's had some misfortune with his 'van recently.

He told me that he recently changed the burner assembly on his water heater. Soon after he smelt gas so opened the compartment to check. At this point the gas exploded causing burns to his hands, chest and singeing his hair and eyebrows. The interior of the 'van was damaged significantly.

Today he caught the nearside rear corner on something, he doesn't know what, which has ripped off the water drain pipework. He also attempted to drive up a narrow lane nearby which I know, from having walked it, is too narrow and very steep.

This resulted in damage to the habitation door and the side of the 'van.

Hopefully his luck will improve ...
 
POI Admin said:
Where I'm parked tonight I fell into conversation with a fellow full time motorhome dweller.

He's had some misfortune with his 'van recently.

He told me that he recently changed the burner assembly on his water heater. Soon after he smelt gas so opened the compartment to check. At this point the gas exploded causing burns to his hands, chest and singeing his hair and eyebrows. The interior of the 'van was damaged significantly.

Today he caught the nearside rear corner on something, he doesn't know what, which has ripped off the water drain pipework. He also attempted to drive up a narrow lane nearby which I know, from having walked it, is too narrow and very steep.

This resulted in damage to the habitation door and the side of the 'van.

Hopefully his luck will improve ...
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My brother inlaw falls into this downward spiral of carnage every day,seems normal for him and every thing he touches turns to sh-t,his nickname is sh-tfinger.
 
DaveH55 said:
How many people do you see using mobile phones in petrol stations even though there are clear warning signs prohibiting their use?
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But a lot of petrol companies have an app so that you can now pay for your fuel by mobile phone so that you don’t have to go to the kiosk to pay, so this must be encouraging people to use their phones at the pump.
 
I think fuel stations display the "Switch of Your" phone notices just to
cover their arses, or to comply with Insurers conditions. Been a few years
since the accepted perceived wisdom was that he risk was considered
insignificant.

I wonder if the very act itself of switching the phone off, would pose
a greater risk as compared to just leaving it switched on, however
infinitesimally small that risk would be?
 
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