I have been refuling my Emeraude for 10 years with - dare I say it - 'plastic'
fuel cans. None-the-less - I've installed a 16 ga ground wire from the filler
aluminum cap neck (had to cut out the filler neck to allow room for the terminal
secured to a flat made in the threads of the aluminum part) and have installed
the 1 watt 1 meg ohm resister that is recommended en-rout to the engine ground.
I will encase the wire/terminal attachment to the AL fillerin Alderite while
bonding it into the neck to keep out moisture and hopefully minimize corrosion
at the terminal joint.
Cleve Lee
A198 MonoXS Jabiru 3300
Detroit, MI USofA
On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Graham Singleton wrote:
>
> Evening All,
> I thought this might be of interest, it came up on the canard forum.
> Interesting what he says about metal cans. Sounds logical to me too
> Graham
>
> NOT PROPER TERMINOLOGY
> Please stop throwing around the words "Plastic Can". If the container is an
> approved plastic type container it is NOT the type of plastic you would get
> for say food storage. The container does have a CONDUCTIVE nature to it that
> is there to drain/bleed off static charges.
> That does not mean a spark, a match or a dumb idiot with a cigarette will not
> cause the gas to ignite.
> Will a Static Spark cause the gas to ignite even if it were in a steel can?
> YES!
> A steel can is even MORE susceptible to SPARKING. Do you know why? Because
> it does NOT Drain/Bleed off the static, it COLLECTS the charge in ONE LARGE
> DISCHARGE.
> Remember Ohm's Law, if the Resistance decreases the current will increase and
> since Static is NOT a fixed voltage if the resistance decreases and the spark
> gap remainds the same the Voltage will increase. It is the Voltage that
> bridges the gap and it is the voltage that when added to the fule/air mixture
> things go boom!
> For those so prone to follow their OLD military ways... Have you checked to
> see what the military is using today? PLASTIC... Conductive Plastic!
> For as much as you try to teach, and Yes, even litigate you cannot make
> everyone safe. There is not enough pen & ink in the world to do that. There
> is such a thing as the Darwin Awards, maybe it is the Law of Nature fighting
> back against litigation and redundant emails to insure only future
> generations that use their God given gray mater will survive.
> I'm sure we ALL can agree that sparks, matches or a dumb idiot with a
> cigarette, can and will ignite gas and start forest fires. But lets STOP
> with the Flagrant use of the word Plastic. Pay attention to the Proper
> Fueling Procedures. Even fuel pumps have rubber hoses ... Conductive Rubber
> hoses.
> For the fun of it check out the term ESD and ESD Procedures.
> (Electro-Static Discharge)
>
> Barry
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