[TheForge] cutting propane cylinders

[greg]

Some thirty years ago an old guy told me his answer to welding up
leaky gasoline tanks was to run a hose from the exhaust of his truck
into the tank. He'd let it run for a while and displace the air in the tank
with once burnt air. Saw him a few years back, he still hadn't blown
any up. What you think?
greg
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] cutting propane cylinders


> Only just after washing it.
> I figure if the candle is suicide, then so is the hacksaw (sawzall), 
> since it throws sparks.
> If I let the candle burn down and out, then the O2 is exhausted and the 
> I have a neutral atmosphere inside.
> AG.
> 
> Bruce Freeman wrote:
> 
>>Would you burn a candle in an old gasoline tank?  Sounds like attempted
>>suicide to me.
>>
>>The reason for filling a tank with water is to displace the air (which
>>may contain an explosive concentration of fuel) and to cool any sparks
>>that might otherwise occur.
>>
>>Bruce
>>NJ
>>  
>>
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