Filling diesel cans in pickup bed

[murrayman333]

Filling any fuel containers

Being certified as an aircraft mechanic you learn how to safely add fuel to many different types of vehicles/containers. The Golden rule is to always keep the fuel nozzle in contact with the vessel being filled.All fuel hoses are in fact grounded by the internal metal wire mesh that is used to stiffen them and are periodically checked for electrical integrity to insure their reliability in use. As long as physical contact of the nozzle with vessel being filled while fuel is flowing the path to ground is maintained and no danger of accumulated static build up.

 

[NJKris]

I did not know the fuel hoses were grounded with this mesh you mentioned. I used to fuel A/C too, big honking hoses and I seem to remember a separate grounding lead. So retail gas station hoses have this mesh to complete the ground?


I have a 15g metal gas tank in my shed. If it is used in pickup bed, they say it needs to be grounded for static electricity dissipation.

 

[pitzhauler]

Diesel is not considered a flammable liquid. You should be fine.

As a fuel hauler, my living, it certainly is flammable an hazardous.!

 

[BOO-BOO-IS-IN-CAMP]

fueling info

all good info to know i had know i dear
and now when i buy a tank for the bed of my truck i have a reason to tell my wife why im spending more money LOL
if its for camping she dont care she's all in on that yahooooooo

short story
we were boon docking and it was late at night we were looking for diesel fuel not a thing was open just a mom & pop store they sold me 4 gal of wesson cooking oil i was empty i poured all 4 in the tank. and off we went back to camp.
it happens lol




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[mnoland30]

So Pitzhauler, are you saying that diesel needs to be grounded to prevent it from igniting from static electricity?

 

[TowPro]

https://www.globalp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SDS_Diesel_Fuel_Final.pdf


also know that diesel changes from flammable to combustible at around 140 deg F (IE your truck is on fire and heating up the diesel)

 

[mnoland30]

The flash point of diesel is 125.6° F.

OSHA defines a liquid as flammable if it has a flash point at or below 199.4 °F

Prior to bringing regulations in line with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals in 2012, OSHA considered flammable liquids to be those with a flash point below 100 °F.

Those with flash points above 100 °F and below 200 °F (93.3 °C) were classified as combustible liquids.[2][3] Studies show that the actual measure of a liquid's flammability, its flash point, is dependent on altitude.[4]

On a hot day in Death Valley, or filling up in Silverton, CO, I will be very careful.