Subj : Rebuilding Battery Packs To : WAYNE CHIRNSIDE From : JIM HOLSONBACK Date : Tue Oct 03 2000 10:09 am Hello, Wayne. :-). WC> an emergency stop and pulled the gas tank free of the bike leaking WC> raw gas all over the wiring that was red and white hot with WC> individual wires parting with attendant sparks. I handed the tank WC> to my friend and said get rid of it, he says 'where', I say WC> 'ANYWHERE' shouting as I see the pyrotechnical display with both WC> liquid gas and gas fumes clearly in evidence. Finally after WC> a very long three or four seconds I manage to dislodge a main WC> wire and disconnected the battery. The gas fumes were so thick WC> it looked like a CO2 style special effect for a few seconds. WC> Why that gas never caught fire or exploded I'll never know but that I'd have to say you were lucky that day, my friend. From the few times I've had to (on 'emergency' basis) use gasoline to try and get damp charcoal brickettes to light, I know that "fog" is pretty explosive. When it goes up, there's a big "WHOOF!" noise and a brief ball of fire (the kind that will burn off your eyelashes, eyebrows, hair on back of your hand and on your arm, etc. In the charcoal case, best stand back 5 or 6 feet and throw a lit match at it, and then turn tail and run. Propane gas grills are about as bad, when they don't light right off. Teenage son of friends of ours back in Jacksonville, FL burnt most all of his facial hair off, and BIR even got some first degree facial burns as he was bending over and peering down into the gas grill, wondering why it wasn't lighting. No lasting damage, but he darn sure knew better the next time, (if he ever tried again). :-). - - - JimH. .... Hurry up election day - I'm already sick of these politicians - Bubba --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.32 * Origin: The NeverEnding BBS/Deltona,FL/407-860-7720/bbs.never (1:3618/555) .