[Shop-talk] Welding a full tank

[David Scheidt]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:50 PM, <crothfuss at coastalnet.com> wrote:

> Eric,
>
>   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 support
> combustion.  Car exhaust is available and portable.  With exhaust pumped
> into the container to purge the
> oxygen, you can weld the tank quickly without all the problems water can
> create.  I've done this on several
> gas tanks.  As always YMMV.  No idea if it's OSHA approved, or if it'll be
> safe on every kind of tank/flamable liquid.
>
>
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 not*
one of them.


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David Scheidt
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