Fuel Question... Why the metal cans?

[Keith Black]

Personally I really appreciate Earl's pointing this out. It's something that I hadn't considered and I do carry a loose gel cell battery that I use with my starter. The terminals on top could easily touch a fuel can. If I ever use metal fuel cans I'll keep this in mind.

I'm also against too much governmental interference, but I didn't read that into Earl's message at all.

Keith Black
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ron Van Putte 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 10:51 AM
  Subject: Re: Fuel Question... Why the metal cans?




  EHaury at aol.com wrote:

    A consideration for modelers using metal fuel cans is their conductivity. Shorting a gel cell, or large starter NiCads, with a metal fuel can has been disastrous for a few, a lesson we should not repeat.



  You can't legislate against ignorance/stupidity/et al, but state and federal officials keep trying to protect us from ourselves.  Just wait until they decide that model airplane fuel is even more dangerous than gasoline (it isn't).  Then we will they will ban it for our own good.  Sorry for the tirade, but Earl's response triggered my %$#@ button regarding government control of our lives. 

  Ron Van Putte 

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