[TheForge] Lp gas bottles

[Dave Mudge]

Hello Roger,
Seems like wherever you go, the locals have their own interpretation
of the rules.
Just another of the 10,000 details.
dave m

On 2/24/07, Roger R Degner <rog781 at means.net> wrote:
> >From being on the set up take down crew for the last 3 ABANA conferences
> I can tell you it all depends on the local fire marshal.  At Lacrosse
> the coal forges had to be on sand and outside of the tent.  At Richmond
> it didn't seem to matter.  At Seattle the 100# tanks had to be inside a
> container in case the gage blew up no shrapnel would get the crowd.  So
> we had to cut 55 gal barrels in half and weld tabs on so it would stack
> on a second barrel.  These were placed around the tanks.  Don't know
> what would have happened if the tanks leaked filled the barrels and then
> caught a spark (can you say pipe bomb) but that was what the fire
> marshal had to have.  I think there also the coal forges had to be
> outside the tents but the gas forges could be anywhere except no fires
> in the large hanger.
>
> There was also talk the demos would have been in the large parking lot
> down the hill from the dorms but it was built on a land fill and they
> were afraid the forge fires could ignite methane gas but people getting
> out of there cars and throwing there cigarette buts out would not.
>
> Roger R Degner
>
>
> I bet the rule is no propane in enclosed buildings. The demos would
> probably want to be in open sided livestock buildings anyway, which by
> my theory would allow propane. I did look, but couldn't find the rules
> to confirm.
>
> Hello
>
> I would suggest that it is a federal law no gas bottles larger than 1
> pound.
>
> lynn
>
>
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