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Somebody forwarded to me an email to be careful when using cellphone when filling up with gasoline at gas stations. While there are laws that prohibit the use of cellphone at gasoline stations (that includes turning off the engine, no smoking, and using special containers for gasoline), the mythbusters at Discovery tried to prove the theory that indeed cellphones cause gasoline station fires.
There were several tries using various powers of cell phone and various concentration of gasoline vapors, but they were no unable to start a gasoline fire from cellphone signal. Perhaps attaching a detonator to the cellphone would; but not cellphone by itself.
What starts a fire is the static electricity that maybe generated by: clothes (or polyester underwear) rubbing with cars leather/leatherette seats, or walking on the painted pavement of the gasoline station. Be sure you ground your body by touching the car before touching the gas tank or the gas filler.
In the Philippine setting, the gasoline boys presence and dispensing the gasoline prevents gasoline fire from happenning. There is no static electricity generated while driving the car.
Which theory is correct: CP cause gasoline fire? Or they dont? Do you believe the Myth Busters mythbusting.?
Somebody forwarded to me an email to be careful when using cellphone when filling up with gasoline at gas stations. While there are laws that prohibit the use of cellphone at gasoline stations (that includes turning off the engine, no smoking, and using special containers for gasoline), the mythbusters at Discovery tried to prove the theory that indeed cellphones cause gasoline station fires.
There were several tries using various powers of cell phone and various concentration of gasoline vapors, but they were no unable to start a gasoline fire from cellphone signal. Perhaps attaching a detonator to the cellphone would; but not cellphone by itself.
What starts a fire is the static electricity that maybe generated by: clothes (or polyester underwear) rubbing with cars leather/leatherette seats, or walking on the painted pavement of the gasoline station. Be sure you ground your body by touching the car before touching the gas tank or the gas filler.
In the Philippine setting, the gasoline boys presence and dispensing the gasoline prevents gasoline fire from happenning. There is no static electricity generated while driving the car.
Which theory is correct: CP cause gasoline fire? Or they dont? Do you believe the Myth Busters mythbusting.?
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