CRAP, something just occurred to me. I ought to start a new thread, but maybe enough will see it here.
I was telling a friend of mine about this thread and he reminded me of this.
I know everybody already knows this.
Until someone doesn't.
I have a personal policy: When it comes down to actual life or death, there are no stupid questions, and you NEVER assume someone already knows something.
SO, anyone reading this, if you know of someone that has a bed liner or sprayed in coating in their truck, TELL THEM. Do not figure that they know it.
If you use a metal gas can to haul gas for any reason, and you have it in the bed of a truck with some kind of non-conductive liner.
NEVER NEVER try to put gas in it while it is in the truck.
ALWAYS take it out and sit it on the ground.
When it is in the truck, it is insulated from any kind of ground. Which means either it, or the nozzle of the gas pump, or even your hand holding the nozzle can have enough of a static charge to ignite the fumes in the can when you touch the metal nozzle to the can.
Trust me. A 5 gallon steel can filled with nothing but gas fumes WILL ruin your whole day if it is detonated by a static spark.
Sure, everybody knows that. But your young daughter knows not to go out into the highway, but you still say something when you see her heading that way....right?
I was telling a friend of mine about this thread and he reminded me of this.
I know everybody already knows this.
Until someone doesn't.
I have a personal policy: When it comes down to actual life or death, there are no stupid questions, and you NEVER assume someone already knows something.
SO, anyone reading this, if you know of someone that has a bed liner or sprayed in coating in their truck, TELL THEM. Do not figure that they know it.
If you use a metal gas can to haul gas for any reason, and you have it in the bed of a truck with some kind of non-conductive liner.
NEVER NEVER try to put gas in it while it is in the truck.
ALWAYS take it out and sit it on the ground.
When it is in the truck, it is insulated from any kind of ground. Which means either it, or the nozzle of the gas pump, or even your hand holding the nozzle can have enough of a static charge to ignite the fumes in the can when you touch the metal nozzle to the can.
Trust me. A 5 gallon steel can filled with nothing but gas fumes WILL ruin your whole day if it is detonated by a static spark.
Sure, everybody knows that. But your young daughter knows not to go out into the highway, but you still say something when you see her heading that way....right?
