Re: The HINDENBURG Coupe - by AMC

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> > Uhuh and gasoline is perfectly safe. (They don't call 'em
> > carbeques for nothing!)
>
>
> So says the guy driving around with 3-4 compressed natural gas cylinders in the back of his car!!

Not me! I gots me ell pee, not enn gee. 28 gallons o' the stuph.

LP tanks are great. About 3/16" thick and more passive safety than
you'd think. Snap the outlet valve off flush with a huge hammer,
and the excess-flow wedge would plug the flow.

If you do manage to split it open it'll dump a mildly cryogenic
liquid that expands about 250X into a gas. Heavier than air,
flammable of course, but it isn't otherwise toxic. If it wasn't
flammable it wouldn't be a fuel!

Most carbeques caused by LPG are really bad homemade installations
where people run hoses through passenger compartments, or jury
rig(*) shutoffs open, or don't tie hose down ever 12" to 100.1%
prevent abrasion, don't check fittings, force fittings, etc.

I soapy-water check mine more or less annually, and inspect every
inch of the hose that runs along the 'frame rails' under the car.
Though I haven't checked this year, hmm....