Hey Tom!
Actually, a drained tank is worse! The reason is there is more room for
fumes in the tank then. Long story short, we used to have a 16ft outboard
boat. One 4th of July, a bottle rocket landed on the tarp and caused it to
catch fire. Fiberglass doesn't withstand fire very well, so it was burned to
the waterline. The gas tank never exploded because it was just filled the
night before. Phew!
A wood burning stove will not have open flames (only during refueling). I
have a furnace in my garage and have never had any issues. You should be ok
as long as the gas cap is not next to the stove. Remember, the tank always
breathes in order for the fuel to move from the tank to the engine. Another
example, if you take a lighted match and move towards the filler neck, and
drop it down into the tank, nothing will happen as the ratio of fumes to air
is too great. Obviously, don't do that as there is no way to get that match
out of the tank. But, that is the point. We all have Hollywood to blame for
these massive explosions that we think will happen :) Just remember that
they have planted explosives and timed the explosion. It's all about the
illusion ;)
Sean
'92 RC Sport 3.9L 5spd - 256,000mi!
'01 CC SLT+ 4.7L 5spd 3.92 LSD Mobil-1 - 37,900mi!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Terrible Tom [mailto:SilverEightynine@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:35 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: "heated" words over wood burning stove
Pun intended...
Small background facts... and yes this is Dakota related.
Moved fron $hitcago to Wisc... its cold here, not a problem.
I have a detatched 2 car garage/work shop I fondly named The Swamp
Its half insulated... and has a wood burning stove. Hers where I need
advice. I got into a exchange of opinions with the family back in
Shitcago... they say I am going to blow myself up with a wood burning
stove in the same garage as my 4x4 Dak. My thinking was that the
gasoline is (fairly) safe, being contained in the trucks gas tank with
the cap on nice and tight. To my knowledge - and I was just under the
truck the other day - there are no leaks in the tank. Its 2/4 full.
The fire is pretty much out right now, as I am in the house for the
night... but I am wondering - just how safe AM I with that set of
conditions? I don't want to blow myself up... or worse burn down my
garage and truck heheh :)
I know there is risk... but as long as the gasoline is contained ???
.... Well I'm here asking for opinions. I really need to be able to
work on that truck in the winter months. I can't lose the next 5 months
waiting for it to warm up. I suppose my only option would be to drain
the fuel from the tank correct?
How do you heat a garage safely? Its detatched - so there is no way to
hook it into heating system of the house (baseboard radiators). I have
a pair of 1500 watt oil filled electric radiators - but they don't give
off enough heat and pull 3000 watts with them both on. What can I do?
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