James S
Flashlight Enthusiast
I was surfing some of the wonderful sites on the internet that document the stupidity of others so that we can learn from them One of the best is
http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil
they generally do a good job figuring out which ones are fake and which ones real but this article:
http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/photo/archive/archive_51-100/photo71.htm
Strikes me as unlikely. I was of the opinion that diesel didn't really give off much in the way of fumes and took a lot to get it burning out in the air. I have witnessed the demonstration where a guy throws lighted matches at a pail of diesel and they just flicker and go out. No explosion or burning or anything, unlike what would happen with gasoline!
(note: I am not suggesting that you go out and duplicate that, cause if you got it wrong and blew yourself up you'd be the topic of next weeks article on that website)
The NC-10 generator that they say was the cause of this is diesel powered (and in the second picture you can plainly see the label on the lid saying that it takes only diesel fuel) is the environment in the tank different? or hotter or something that would cause it to evaporate enough to catch fire after opening the lid and holding a lighter to the fumes?
I think that the action is almost unthinkably stupid, so I'm not trying to defend the supposed victim, but I find the story of it exploding unlikely to be true simply because diesel doesn't give off explosive fumes under any normal circumstances.
Please fill me in on the dangers of diesel fuel!
Thanks
http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil
they generally do a good job figuring out which ones are fake and which ones real but this article:
http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/photo/archive/archive_51-100/photo71.htm
Strikes me as unlikely. I was of the opinion that diesel didn't really give off much in the way of fumes and took a lot to get it burning out in the air. I have witnessed the demonstration where a guy throws lighted matches at a pail of diesel and they just flicker and go out. No explosion or burning or anything, unlike what would happen with gasoline!
(note: I am not suggesting that you go out and duplicate that, cause if you got it wrong and blew yourself up you'd be the topic of next weeks article on that website)
The NC-10 generator that they say was the cause of this is diesel powered (and in the second picture you can plainly see the label on the lid saying that it takes only diesel fuel) is the environment in the tank different? or hotter or something that would cause it to evaporate enough to catch fire after opening the lid and holding a lighter to the fumes?
I think that the action is almost unthinkably stupid, so I'm not trying to defend the supposed victim, but I find the story of it exploding unlikely to be true simply because diesel doesn't give off explosive fumes under any normal circumstances.
Please fill me in on the dangers of diesel fuel!
Thanks