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From: Bill Murphy on 20 Jul 2010 20:34 I have a typical back yard, open mostly to the sun, where I store five 5-gallon jerry jugs of gasoline for my bikes and equipment and off-road vehicles. I don't see that it's all that much of a danger, considering we keep two cars in the garage with twice that much gasoline essentially inside the house - while this is outside along the fence. But, my neighbor noticed the four jugs recently and asked about them. I said I never knew gas to spontaneously explode and he said the sun could cause it to happen. He also said it's illegal to transport more than a single five-gallon can in your trunk (is that true?). Is it all that dangerous to keep 20 gallons of gas in the back yard? Is it illegal to trasnsport more than 5 gallons (California) in a car?
From: willy on 20 Jul 2010 21:10 My concern is with all the fumes. It won't explode from the sun, but it would be better out of the sun. Less fumes and less volitable.
From: willy on 20 Jul 2010 21:13 Storing gasoline and other highly flammable liquids at home is also dangerous if not done properly. The best way to store gasoline is in a well ventilated area separate from the house. The location should have no electrical equipment, open flames or other sources of ignition present. In addition, the location should be protected from the heat of the summer sun to keep evaporation to a minimum. http://nasdonline.org/document/919/d000760/storing-gasoline-and-other-flammables.html
From: JoeSpareBedroom on 20 Jul 2010 21:27 "willy" <danceswithbeers(a)embarqmail.com> wrote in message news:95358296-efa8-4beb-854c-bd6a4be005c6(a)w30g2000yqw.googlegroups.com... > My concern is with all the fumes. It won't explode from the sun, but > it would be better out of the sun. Less fumes and less volitable. Less expansion & contraction of the containers if out of the sun. I've seen some plastic jugs which looked like they'd been squeezed by giant hands when the temp went down.
From: HeyBub on 20 Jul 2010 21:52
Bill Murphy wrote: > I have a typical back yard, open mostly to the sun, where I store five > 5-gallon jerry jugs of gasoline for my bikes and equipment and > off-road vehicles. > > I don't see that it's all that much of a danger, considering we keep > two cars in the garage with twice that much gasoline essentially > inside the house - while this is outside along the fence. > > But, my neighbor noticed the four jugs recently and asked about them. > I said I never knew gas to spontaneously explode and he said the sun > could cause it to happen. He also said it's illegal to transport more > than a single five-gallon can in your trunk (is that true?). > > Is it all that dangerous to keep 20 gallons of gas in the back yard? > Is it illegal to trasnsport more than 5 gallons (California) in a car? I'd be more concerned about the buttinsky neighbor than the gasoline. |