gas bottle transport

agreed , i have seen in the news a few years back of a bottle that was left in a car over the weekend , well it had a very slow leak - and something triggered a spark and blew the car to pieces ....

so better to have it on the roof - and maybe let if get a litle scratched if it falls over - rather than blow up your car and maybe killing someone

Boc

Boc,

If it was the one in North Ryde it was a plumbers van and it was an acetylene bottle. I was working 2 blocks away when it went off and it was not pretty.

Cheers Kev

Kev , its wasn't that one -- but around that time - a few months apart - don't recall the exact location --- the one at ryde i remember - there was almost nothing left of the van , just chassis from memory

The guy was killed in that one right as it was a spark from the ignition that may have lit it up ....


Boc

I am no expert, but that sounds like a recipe for disaster. Both the gas & petrol ( don't know about scuba bottles) but the other two have a lot of potential for very volatile fumes, the frig. is a good source of ignition & hey Whooska. The 9000 Ks mean little, its all dependant upon nothing leaking.

Yeah Barry, I know it's not good. I had the red plugs in the bottles and turned off tight plus the windows open for ventilation too.
Sometimes necessity causes extreme solutions.

assuming that the purge valve has been done up tightly...