RE: Unexpected safety hazard

["Snoblen, Tom" <snoblen@asc-tech.com>]

I think there is some danger which is why the signs are there.  But the car
itself is a much large danger.  Most of the computer modules in cars are
only power down if you disconnect the battery.  Cell phones are semi sealed
and have few components that can arc.  The only two ways that I can think of
is installing or removing it from a charger and units which have a vibrator
motor.  A spark by itself would not be enough to ignite the gasoline fumes
in normal operation, A spill or other accident would be need to raise the
fume level to a dangerous condition.  


On Saturday, July 31, 1999 8:59 AM, Robert McDonald
[SMTP:s348607@student.uq.edu.au] wrote:
> 
> 
> Perry Ellington wrote:
> > 
> > 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
> 
> I'm not lying!!!  It's not a scam!!!  If I had a digital camera I'd take
> photos of the warnings that are at every petrol station I've ever been
> to, then post them on the web.
> 
> Discussions about electronics in cars is moot, because when the key is
> out, apart from maybe the clock circuit everything else is powered
> down.  The flourescent lights are not right next to the end of the pump
> hose either.  Someone pumping petrol while on a mobile phone would have
> their phone within a metre of the spout.  BTW here in Oz, we pump our
> own petrol... 'full service' stations are a thing of the distant past. 
> I'd say that the electronics built into a petrol pump would be
> specifically designed to work in explosive environments, where as phones
> are not.
> 
> Why would petrol stations bother putting the signs up if it was a hoax? 
> Or why would I bother lying about it?  It's a fact!!!
> 
> Rob.