Gas bottles and vehicles
Submitted: Friday, Mar 30, 2012 at 09:10
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I received this email about a FJ cruiser with a leaking gas bottle and the result.
Here is the owners description.
So my time almost came to an end this morning... I'm very lucky to be
alive.
I had an acetylene bottle in my truck, the valve was bumped so slightly and
over night the truck filled with the gas. I noticed the smell, and opened
the doors to air out the truck. I drove the truck out of the garage to get
some more air movement. I went to roll the pass side window down and as
soon as I touched the power windows. BAM - with me in the truck. I lost all
hearing out of my right ear and got a scratch on the back of my head. All
things considering, I'm alive.
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Reply By: member - mazcan - Friday, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:31
Friday, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:31
hi
the owner must have had a death wish
as to even think about unlocking or starting it
im amazed it didnt explode sooner
rather than when he put a passenger window down acetylene
wow some mothers do have em !!!!
and i notice it's LHdrive
he needs to fix the airconditioning by blowing the other side out now lol
dero dero me
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Reply By: The Bantam - Saturday, Mar 31, 2012 at 09:42
Saturday, Mar 31, 2012 at 09:42
Carrying gass bottles in enclosed vehicles is a know high risk
hazard, but people persist in doing it.
Yes acetlyene is a much more energetic gass than others, but the issue remains.
This is why neither BOC nor Air Liquide will allow any gass bottles to leave their yards in enclosed vehicles
NOW
The valves just got bumped....BULL bleep .....if the bottle was there alone with no regulator, either it was not properly secured and the valve shut off tight.
What is more likley is that the whole oxy set was fully assembled and not properly shut down..IE the valves on the bottles were not turned off and the hoses purged and the handpiece valves shut.
I'd lay a penny to a pound that bottle valves were wide open the handpiece valve got "bumped".
It comes down to doing a risky thing AND not being carefull doing it.
NOW..how many campersand 4wders carry LPG bottles inside their enclosed vehicles.
There was a bloke not long ago had his car catch fire in the main street of
Ipswich, because of leaking LPG bottles...
This stuff happens folks.
cheers
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