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On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:07:52 -0500, John H.
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:36:28 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:50:59 -0500, John H.
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:32:55 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 08:20:11 -0500, John H.
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 01:38:55 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

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On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 22:26:31 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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Got the last couple gallons out. Mostly water.

It might be worth sacrificing a few gallons of fresh gas to dilute and
flush out any remaining water. Suck that out and recycle it too.
It's a shame you can't find something to do with that gas.

I got a hose into th corner of the tank. Boat is tipped up and at an
angle. Pumped water for a long while and then gas. So I think it got
almost if not all the water out. Only about 30gallons in the drum, so I
may let it sit for a few days and pump,some off the top, and add a little
to the cars once in a while. Local hazardous waste facility only takes it
in 5 gallon containers or 50# max. They will return containers, So
maybe a couple trips. Or a large bonfire.
It is a joke Don.

Sounds like a plan.

Maybe invite the neighbors for a hot dog roast when you have the bonfire? (Another joke, Don!)

Reminds me of an incident as a kid. My grandfather told me to gather and burn a pile of brush in the
orchard. As a 10-year old, I didn't know much about gas. So I got a cupful from the gas tank and
threw it on the brush pile. I then lit a match and threw it on the pile also. WHOOOOM! One loud
explosion which knocked me on my ass. Luckily no other injuries. Taught me my lesson about using gas
to start a fire.

The problem with gasoline is why it works so well in an engine. It
vaporizes very easily. Your "explosion" was the vapor going up. It is
the basis of the fuel/air bomb. I suspect you threw the gas at the
pile instead of slowly pouring it in.

Gosh, Gene, thanks!

We did a little fire fighting exercise with my recalled Kidde fire
extinguishers before I sent them back. That vapor thing becomes very
apparent in a gasoline fire. I took a big cake pan, put water in the
bottom and floated about a half point of gas on top and we practiced
putting out the fire. I was kind of surprised that the vapor reignited
about 5 seconds after the fire was out, just from the heat in the pan.
We had 2 extinguishers and I also had the hose down there. By using
the fan spray setting on a turret nozzle I was able to put out the
fire almost as fast as dumping 2.5# of dry powder on it and I did not
get the flash back. The "mist" setting did not spray enough water but
if I had more water pressure that probably would have worked too.
My take away with the powder is don't believe the fire is out, just
because the flames are all gone. That vapor is still out there and the
flash point is so low, it may just go up again.

Sorry I interjected a little science in here. Maybe I should have just
said something bad about Tr .... nevermind ;-)

Well, the point I was making, not too clearly, was that I learned a lot about gas vapor when I was
10 years old.

The experiment was a good one!

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