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1. [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:10:46 +0430; Everyday our company send out a "Safety" message. As you can image, their are starting to reach for topics (a little while ago we had one on "Magnet Safety.) Today was about container that appear emp; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00151.html (7,410 bytes)
2. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <marka@maracing.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:19:54 -0400 (EDT); I did this once welding a handle back onto a 30 liter fuel drum. Worked fine. You need to use a little more heat than you normally would, as I recall, since there's such a big heat sink. I'm sure so; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00152.html (7,060 bytes)
3. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:50:08 -0400 (GMT-04:00); If this is a tank full of flamable liquids (like gasoline) it's a lot of work to drain/fill with water/drain water/dry/refill w/flamable liquid. Far easier to just remove the oxygen needed to suppor; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00153.html (8,472 bytes)
4. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:25:22 -0400; Right, because filling a tank with an explosive gas is always a good idea! Particularly right before you expose it to open flame! There are safe ways to fill a tank with an inert atmosphere. This *is; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00155.html (8,218 bytes)
5. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:50:29 -0400; I was thinking the same thing. That sounds like a super bad idea. What happens if you're welding this thin sheet metal and blow a hole through it and the gas starts leaking out?! As far as the "explo; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00156.html (8,074 bytes)
6. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <marka@maracing.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:37:04 -0400 (EDT); I don't know if this really applies, but I'd also heard on the internet (so it must be true) that current cars have such good emissions that the old suicide trick of putting a hose from the exhaust; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00157.html (8,130 bytes)
7. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: crothfuss@coastalnet.com; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:40:22 -0400 (EDT); You aren't seeing the set-up here. Fuel tank has a filler neck. The exhaust from an idling internal combustion is pumped IN there with a hose. It is allowed to purge all the oxygen inside the tank f; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00158.html (9,896 bytes)
8. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:03:10 -0400; yes. CO is flammable at concentrations from about 10 to 80%, and it's capable of very vigorous deflagration or detonation when exposed to oxygen, as when you've finished and are purging the vessel. T; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00159.html (9,460 bytes)
9. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:19:09 -0400; A modern automobile, with functioning catalytic converters, oxygen sensors, and so on, should have water vapor, C02, nitrogen (and some nitrogen oxides), low CO, low oxygen, and low hydrocarbons. (wa; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00160.html (8,734 bytes)
10. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:17:56 -0700; Not enough to argue about. The "old suicide trick" was not based on lack of oxygen, but presence of carbon monoxide (CO). CO is a cumulative poison, as it binds to your red blood cells in place of o; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00161.html (10,084 bytes)
11. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: "Shop at \" Just Brits \"" <shop@justbrits.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:07:00 -0500; << Personally, I think I'll go on using water. >> I'm with you, Randall !! Perhaps the chap that USED to work for a local Midas Shop would also agree. He "was" welding two ]2] 55 "clean" gallon steel; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00162.html (7,937 bytes)
12. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:12:39 -0500; *When we were forced into a fuel tank welding situation at my tractor dealership, we'd turn the steam cleaner stream into the inverted tank and go to lunch! When we'd get back, it would be hot enough; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00163.html (9,942 bytes)
13. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:32:19 -0700; I used a hot air gun, blowing through a metal hose, into a gas tank for two hours. When I could barely touch the metal on the tank because it was so hot, I knew that virtually all of the volatiles ha; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00164.html (10,961 bytes)
14. Re: [Shop-talk] Welding a full tank (score: 1): Author: "David C." <cavanadd@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:05:44 -0700; Years ago one of the things I had to do was manage the decommissioning of a few private gas stations, having the tanks dug up and the soil cleaned up. (It was one of the most thankless jobs I have ev; /html/shop-talk/2010-04/msg00165.html (12,051 bytes)

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