Video: Fire At Gas Station - Static Effect!!

[kiper]

Buti na lang mayroon tayong gasoline station-service boys..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rtyMEz8P9Lk

[driven]

this kind of incident usually happens during low humidity season... gas stations should post safety precautions regarding this

[Zeus]

Buti na lang mayroon tayong gasoline station-service boys..

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/353096...fect_be_aware/

May nangyari na ba sa atin yung ganyan? Dati sabi cellphone nagcacause rin daw ng static e, pero myth lang daw, ayon sa discovery channel.

[low_profile2]

kaya ingat po mga bro...

[Memphis Raines]

Did you notice the part wherein she actually tried to blow out the flames like a candle?!

:hysterical:

Share ko lang to. I saw a similar incident here in our town involving a guy and his motorbike. It was an evening and he couldn't see the inside of his tank to determine how much he will put in. What does he do? Takes his celfone and flashes some light into the tank using the fone's camera flash (just like one of those Sony Ericssons) :screwloose:.

Eh nag ring/text! POOF! A flash of bright orange flame shooted up from the tank! I thought na sasabog but fortunately it didn't. The quick thinking attendant quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher and let her rip.

I almost peed in my shorts!

[mbeige]

Did you notice the part wherein she actually tried to blow out the flames like a candle?!

:hysterical:

Share ko lang to. I saw a similar incident here in our town involving a guy and his motorbike. It was an evening and he couldn't see the inside of his tank to determine how much he will put in. What does he do? Takes his celfone and flashes some light into the tank using the fone's camera flash (just like one of those Sony Ericssons) :screwloose:.

Eh nag ring/text! POOF! A flash of bright orange flame shooted up from the tank! I thought na sasabog but fortunately it didn't. The quick thinking attendant quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher and let her rip.

I almost peed in my shorts!

He probably hasn't discharged himself yet, and when he went close enough, along with the gasoline vapors, ayun lumiyab. The key is to touch the car and discharge yourself well before opening the fuel cap, and not to get inside the vehicle when it is fuelling.

[JiggeR671]

[quote=Memphis Raines;725411]Did you notice the part wherein she actually tried to blow out the flames like a candle?!

heheheh....abeberdey to you............hehehe

seriously.. did you guys noticed when she went inside the car again?..thats how she recharged her static electricity..at least thats what they said when they were try'n to expalin it on a tv show i watched sometime ago..

I also watched the episode from myth busters where they were try'n it on the cell phone..but didnt work..

In case you witness or something like that happens to any one of you, they said dont pull out the gas nozzle..

[peklat]

grabe ....... hhhhhhhhhm,mmmmmm.

thanks bro.

[kiper]

Okay din to.. very helpful. Will only take 10mins of your uhh work time..hehe

Gasoline Refueling Safety Video: DO's and DON'Ts on gas pumps.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nAA5w8PLs-0

[ian_rex]

May nangyari na ba sa atin yung ganyan? Dati sabi cellphone nagcacause rin daw ng static

meron na. i wonder how come discovery channel claim it wasn't possible. perhaps wala pang nangyari- but it doesn't mean it wasn't possible. at another thing, if mobile phone doesn't cause static, how come there is this annoying sound when an incoming call or sms when a phone is placed near a speaker?

Share ko lang to. I saw a similar incident here in our town involving a guy and his motorbike. It was an evening and he couldn't see the inside of his tank to determine how much he will put in. What does he do? Takes his celfone and flashes some light into the tank using the fone's camera flash (just like one of those Sony Ericssons) .

Eh nag ring/text! POOF! A flash of bright orange flame shooted up from the tank! I thought na sasabog but fortunately it didn't. The quick thinking attendant quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher and let her rip.

[StraightSix]

at another thing, if mobile phone doesn't cause static, how come there is this annoying sound when an incoming call or sms when a phone is placed near a speaker?

You might be confusing static discharge with static interference, but that buzz from a gsm phone is a radio frequency interference

[niky]

You might be confusing static discharge with static interference, but that buzz from a gsm phone is a radio frequency interference

Yup. Plain and simple RF.

It's amusing how the safety nuts have been grasping at straws, trying to find some reason to ban cellphones at the pumps.

At first, they claimed it was the microwave frequencies... which, obviously, doesn't make sense. Microwave strong enough to start a fire at the pumps would be strong enough to cause fires anywhere. You'd notice sparks between pieces of silverware at the dinner table when someone got an incoming call. Complete rubbish.

The current pet theory is that there might be sparks from defective keypads. Hogwash. That means that the digital keypads on the gas pumps are also dangerous... as are the cars themselves. A car's ignition system and faulty wiring causes more sparks, of a more energetic nature, than a cellphone, and fires have been traced to wiring... but not gas-station fires.

Fuel fires in motorsports occur only because of high-pressure fuel squirting onto hot components. Not from the electronics or electricals on the car. That's why they can still gas up with the engine running, even with today's overly safety conscious FIA.

Heck, I've seen cars backfire on start-up, near pumps. Gas-boys smoking twenty feet from them... Nothing. (Mythbusters even threw matches into gas... )

It's always static electricity, occuring as the attendant opens the gas cap, exposes gas vapors in the tank to the air, and touches the metal nozzle to the car... spark... boom. Nothing more, nothing less.

[jazcker]

You might be confusing static discharge with static interference, but that buzz from a gsm phone is a radio frequency interference

yup...it's simply the higher frequency affects the lower frequency.

i just wonder how would ESD would make a spark and ignite the gas as seen on the video...