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Subject: Fwd: This is not a Joke, It is very serious.
From: Mary Laughlin <MaryTheToothFairy@cox.net>
Subject: This is not a Joke, It is very serious.
The Shell Oil Company recently issued a warning after three incidents in
which mobile phones (cell phones) ignited fumes during fueling operations.
In the first case,the phone was placed on the car's trunk lid during
fueling; it rang and the ensuing fire destroyed the car and the gasoline
pump.
In the second, an individual hadsevere burns to their face when fumes
ignited as they answered a call while refueling their car.
And in the third,an individual suffered burns to the thigh and groin as
fumes ignited when the phone, which was in their pocket, rang while they
were fueling their car.
You should know that:
Mobile Phones can ignite fuel or fumes
Mobile phones that light up when switched on or when they ring release
enough energy to provide a spark for ignition
Mobile phones should not be used in filling stations, or when fueling
lawn mowers, boat! , Etc.
Mobile phones should not be used, or should be turned off, around other
materials that generate flammable or explosive fumes or dust, i.e.
solvents, chemicals, gases, grain dust, etc.)
To sum it up, here are the: Four Rules for Safe Refueling
1) Turn off engine
2) Don't smoke
3) Don't use your cell phone - leave it inside the vehicle or turn it off
4) Don't re-enter your vehicle during fueling
Bob Renkes of Petroleum Equipment Institute is working on a campaign to
try and make people aware of fires as a result of "static electricity"
at gas pumps. His company has researched 150 cases of these fires.
His results were very surprising:
1) Out of 150 cases, almost all of them were women.
2) Almost all cases involved the person getting back in their vehicle
while the nozzle was still pumping gas, when finished and they went back
to pull the nozzle out the fire started, as a result of static.
3) Most had on rubber-soled shoes.
4) Most men never get back in their vehicle until completely finished.
This is why they are seldom involved in these types of fires.
5) Don't ever use cell phones when pumping gas
6) It is the vapors that come out of the gas that cause the fire, when
connected with static charges.
7) There were 29 fires where the vehicle was reentered and the nozzle
was touched during refueling from a variety of makes and models. Some
resulting in extensive damage to the vehicle, to the station, and to the
customer.
8) Seventeen fires that occurred before, during or immediately after the
gas cap was removed and before! fueling began.
Mr. Renkes stresses to NEVER get back into your vehicle while filling it
with gas.
If you absolutely HAVE to get in your vehicle while the gas is pumping,
make sure you get out, close the door TOUCHING THE METAL, before you
ever pull the nozzle out. This way the static from your body will be
discharged before you ever
remove the nozzle.
As I mentioned earlier, The Petroleum Equipment Institute, along with
several other companies now, are really trying to make the public aware
of this danger.You can find out more information by going
tohttp://www.pei.org/ . Once here, click in the center of the screen
where it says "Stop Static".
I ask you to please send this information to ALL your family and
friends, especially those who have kids in the car with them while
pumping gas. If this were to happen to them, they may not be able to get
the children out in time. Thanks for passing this along.
The Shell Oil Company
recently issued a warning after three incidents in which
mobile phones (cell phones) ignited fumes during fueling
operations.
In the first case,the phone was placed on the car's trunk lid
during fueling; it rang and the ensuing fire destroyed the car and the
gasoline pump.
In the second, an individual hadsevere burns to their face when
fumes ignited as they answered a call while refueling their car.
And in the third,an
individual suffered burns to the thigh and groin as fumes ignited when
the phone, which was in their pocket, rang while they were fueling
their car.
You should know that:
Mobile Phones can ignite fuel or fumes
Mobile phones that light up
when switched on or when they ring release enough energy to provide a
spark for ignition
Mobile phones should not be
used in filling stations, or when fueling lawn mowers, boat! , Etc.
Mobile phones should not be used, or should be turned off, around other
materials that generate flammable or explosive fumes or dust, i.e.
solvents, chemicals, gases, grain dust, etc.)
To sum it up, here are the: Four Rules for Safe Refueling
1) Turn off engine
2) Don't smoke
3) Don't use your cell phone - leave it inside the vehicle or turn it
off
4) Don't re-enter your vehicle during fueling
Bob Renkes of Petroleum Equipment Institute is working on a campaign to
try and make people aware of fires as a result of "static
electricity" at gas pumps. His company has researched 150
cases of these fires.
His results were very
surprising:
1) Out of 150 cases, almost all of them were women.
2) Almost all cases involved the person getting back in their vehicle
while the nozzle was still pumping gas, when finished and they went
back to pull the nozzle out the fire started, as a result of static.
3) Most had on rubber-soled shoes.
4) Most men never get back in their vehicle until completely finished.
This is why they are seldom involved in these types of fires.
5) Don't ever use cell phones
when pumping gas
6) It is the vapors that come out of the gas that cause the fire, when
connected with static charges.
7) There were 29 fires where the vehicle was reentered and the nozzle
was touched during refueling from a variety of makes and models. Some
resulting in extensive damage to the vehicle, to the station, and to
the customer.
8) Seventeen fires that occurred before, during or immediately after
the gas cap was removed and before! fueling began.
Mr. Renkes stresses to NEVER get back into your vehicle while
filling it with gas.
If you absolutely HAVE to get
in your vehicle while the gas is pumping, make sure you get out, close
the door TOUCHING THE METAL, before you
ever pull the nozzle out. This way the static from your body will be
discharged before you ever
remove the nozzle.
As I mentioned earlier, The
Petroleum Equipment Institute, along with several other companies now,
are really trying to make the public aware of this danger.You can find
out more information by going tohttp://www.pei.org/ . Once here, click in the
center of the screen where it says "Stop Static".
I
ask you to please send this information to ALL your family and friends,
especially those who have kids in the car with them while pumping gas.
If this were to happen to them, they may not be able to get the
children out in time. Thanks for
passing this along.
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--> RV6-List message posted by: "Ken Hoshowski" <ve7fp@jetstream.net>
--> RV6-List message posted by: "wayne larabee" <wlarabee@specent.com>
anybody have experience with correcting excessive toe in or out on the
main gear of an rv6 ??? wlarabee@specent ,com
Wayne,
My RV6 was one of the early ones where you had to drill the gear legs.
I had a 4 inch by 4 inch 12 foot long angle iron handy although other
sizes or even a good straight piece of wood would work. Using plum bobs
I made sure my fuselage was on a center line and that my gear legs were
square to the center line, then I used a small piece of .063 to shim the
axels to toe in. My reasoning was that at this point the fuselage was
quite light. When you put 400 to 600 lbs of load in the airplane the
wheels will tend to toe out. My tires wore evenly and got many years of
service out of them.
Ken Hoshowski
RV6 C-FKEH First flight Sept 8, 1993
Salmon Arm B.C.
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