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Man Siphoning Gas In Palm Bay Burned In Explosion


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http://www.clickorlando.com/news/man-injured-in-garage-fire-in-palm-bay/-/1637132/20492660/-/ft55xez/-/index.html

 

 

 

“Fire investigators learned the victim was siphoning fuel out of a vehicle with a ‘shop-vac.’ The closed garage filled with vapor, and it’s believed a spark from the vacuum ignited,” Martinez said.

 

 

Your vocabulary word for the day is: stoichiometric ratio.  The ratio of a flammable substance to air at which it burns most efficiently.  That's why they say well-ventilated area - keeps the fuel concentration below the ideal stoichiometric ratio.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoichiometry

 

 

I am now going to politely site and wait until humans evolve a third arm so that I can triple-facepalm this guy. 

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shnap, i've been hit by the static sparks shopvacs produce, good 2 inch blue bolt right out the side of the hose, through my pants, through my whole leg

 

speaking of the stoichiometric ratio, I LOL when people freak out about the gas stove not lighting within 2 secs... I leave it on for about 10 secs then light it just to show them that the house won't blow up

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