Without debating the merits of common sense and garage safety, there is
no cause for alarm here.
Without getting into the specifics of "flash points" and the ratios of
gas to air that would be required to cause such a scenario, I'd say that
this is much to do about nothing.
There isn't enough gas in the float bowls of the carbs to make a garage
go boom under any condition I can think of - unless you were to atomize
it and spray it into the directly into the pilot light, which would be
nasty, but not something akin to a "movie" style explosion.
Short of letting a propane bottle for a gas grill open, natural gas leak
or painting a car, there are few "gas" problems that I can think of that
would cause such an explosion.
Short of spilling liquid gas, ether, paint thinner, or other solvent
into the pilot light, there is no way that they would cause it either.
There is no cause for alarm with pilot lights for either furnaces or hot
water heaters in a garage as long as a modicum of common sense is used.
Jonas Payne
PBR
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From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Richard Ewald
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:34 AM
To: Peter Caldwell
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 57 Healey
Yes it's legal in many locations.
IMHO if you have a gas smell you should not put your car in an enclosed
garage. Because if you get the right mixture any spark (light switch?)
and your garage and car go BOOM!
Fix the leak or park outside.
$.02
Rick
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On Mar 2, 2011, at 6:37, Peter Caldwell <peter at nosimport.com> wrote:
> At 07:53 AM 3/2/2011, Bob Spidell wrote:
>> FWIW, I have a small, reasonably well-sealed 2-car garage and I never
>> smell
gas from my BJ8, even after a long, hot run. I don't believe any gas
smell
from any car--or other source--is tolerable (but I also have a natgas
water heater with a pilot light in my garage).
>
>
> That's legal???? Yikes!
>
>
> Peter C (who lost everything in a house fire and is somewhat
> sensitive to
those sorts of events)
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