Re: Unexpected safety hazard

["Perry Ellington" <pellingt@iglou.com>]

shouldnt we add in the electronics of the gas pump itself, the card reader,
receipt printer, florescent lights overhead, the intercom, etc?

I still vote for scam

now as for cell phones causing brain cancer......
but that would really be off topic
Perry Ellington


----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Hull <ScottHull@compuserve.com>
To: EV Mailing List <ev@listproc.sjsu.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: Unexpected safety hazard


>>... The threat mobile phones
>> pose to gas stations and their users is primarily the result of their
>> ability to produce sparks that can be generated by the high powered
>> battery inside the phone.

>Anything with a switch and a battery can generate a spark when it is
turned on
>or off. No consumer product is likely to spend extra money for an on/off
>switche with sealed contacts. Cell phones and pager are thus only two of
the
>endless examples of such consumer products.

What about cars? It's hard to believe that with all the switches, motors,
spark plugs, etc. that a car never creates a spark while at a gas station.
I would say that the battery and starting system of a car would be "high
powered" when compared to a cell phone.

SAH