Terrible Tom wrote:
>
> 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.
>
FWIW, YMMV and use at own risk ;)
1st, I used to work on gasoline tankers for Shell and Gulf
and know from experience (w/ a mine safety explosion meter)
what conditions it takes to get any garage into an explosive
saturation situation (35%) and you will basicly be almost
puking from the smell before it happens.
as far as a fire hazzard:
the stove would have to be close enough to burn the paint
off the body. (not!)
or
the car/truck is leaking enough gas to cause the
fumes to blow up. (not!)
and
keeping the gas tank full will also stop any explosion.
we could weld, torch and cut on a tanker as long as it
was full of gas.
> 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?
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Terrible Tom
>
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>
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