Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 21:44:50 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-r02.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.98] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2974071 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:35:43 -0500 Received: from Tubamanflies@aol.com by imo-r02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r4.12.) id q.1d7.19603045 (18251) for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2004 20:35:38 -0500 (EST) From: Tubamanflies@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <1d7.19603045.2d51a66a@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 20:35:38 EST Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Details on the Static Discharge that Totaled '03Lancair ES X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_1d7.19603045.2d51a66a_boundary" X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6024 --part1_1d7.19603045.2d51a66a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry but I had to respond to this one. It looks like the "Big Bang" theory may extend to clearing explosive vapors with shopvacs. Please PLEASE don't do it. The warning that comes with the Shopvac is not just for having paper in the package. Ray PS Denny, did you live in Iowa at one time and if so I think you came out and looked at my kit in Clinton. It is now flying in Davenport and I have another one down here in Louisiana. In a message dated 2/3/04 7:15:51 PM Central Standard Time, marv@lancaironline.net writes: > > Posted for "Denny" : > > Hal, > > To remove vapors from your tank: 1. Select a flexible hose with an O.D. > about a half inch less than the I.D. of the opening in the top of the tank. > 2. Taking advantage of any existing bend in the hose, extend one end of the > hose to the lowermost point in your tank, and secure it in that position. > 3. Connect the free end of the hose to your shop vac and turn it on. The > concentration of the vapors in the tank will drop immediately. Let the vac > run for hours (or days) until you build confidence. It's necessary to allow > fresh air to enter the tank during this operation (thus the half inch > difference) while maintaining a reduced pressure inside the tank. Vapors > which might have seeped beyond the tank will be drawn back out via the same > route. Decrease the half inch dimension if you want to further reduce the > pressure inside the tank (the air flow will increase) during the operation. > Converse, converse. > > Denny > --part1_1d7.19603045.2d51a66a_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sorry but I had to respond to this=20= one.  It looks like the "Big Bang"  theory may extend to clearing=20= explosive vapors with shopvacs. 

Please PLEASE don't do it.  The warning that comes with the Shopvac is=20= not just for having paper in the package.

Ray

PS  Denny, did you live in Iowa at one time and if so I think you came=20= out and looked at my kit in Clinton.  It is now flying in Davenport and= I have another one down here in Louisiana.


In a message dated 2/3/04 7:15:51 PM Central Standard Time, marv@lancaironli= ne.net writes:


Posted for "Denny" <d.duello@www.mebbs.com>:

Hal,

To remove vapors from your tank:  1.  Select a flexible hose with=20= an O.D.
about a half inch less than the I.D. of the opening in the top of the tank.<= BR> 2.  Taking advantage of any existing bend in the hose, extend one end o= f the
hose to the lowermost point in your tank, and secure it in that position. 3.  Connect the free end of the hose to your shop vac and turn it on.&n= bsp; The
concentration of the vapors in the tank will drop immediately. Let the vac run for hours (or days) until you build confidence.  It's necessary to=20= allow
fresh air to enter the tank during this operation (thus the half inch
difference) while maintaining a reduced pressure inside the tank.  Vapo= rs
which might have seeped beyond the tank will be drawn back out via the same<= BR> route.  Decrease the half inch dimension if you want to further reduce=20= the
pressure inside the tank (the air flow will increase) during the operation.<= BR> Converse, converse.

Denny


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