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Does onw need a blower ???
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harry, check the regs I read that one should run blowers to vent the gas tank area before starting the motor if you have any electrical equipment (such as a battery) in an enclosed compartment that contains gasoline you are required under regulations to run the blower for 5 minutes (?, it might be 4 minutes, who the hell remembers). Opening it up and sniffing is even better, but doesn't meet regs. That doesn't explain the hundreds of thousands of outboard boats extant that have fuel tanks under the deck, aling with batteries and all sorts of other devices, and no blowers. this particular poster's situation, no such regulation concerning powered ventilation existed until after 1980. Otherwise, the following link represents the facts: http://squid.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin...ART=182&SECTIO N=460&TYPE=TEXT Frankly, although the machinery is required to be installed, I don't know of any regulation requiring its use. (Other than Darwin's school of really hard knocks.) Oh.... and 4 minutes is the magical quantity. -- Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Southport, NC. http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/cavern/ Homepage http://www.southharbourvillage.com/directions.asp Where Southport,NC is located. http://www.southharbourvillage.com/autoupdater.htm Real Time Pictures at My Marina http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide |
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