At 01:28 PM 3/14/97 -0800, you wrote:
>
>A cautionary note: The NHTSA (I believe) has issued a warning about drop-in
>plastic bedliners. Several dozen people have been seriously hurt or killed
>by exploding gasoline containers set off by sparks while sitting in the bed
>of pickups equipped with this type bedliner. Evidently, since there is no
>electrical ground between the container and the truck body, a significant
>static charge can be accumulated - then discharged to the (grounded) pump
>nozzle. Recommend you take such containers out of the bed and fill on the
>ground, then place the closed containers back in the bed.
>
Jim:
I bought a duraliner .... there's a big label warning exactly that.
Rob Agnew
ragnew@islandnet.com
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
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