[APD] Re: Aquatic-Plants Digest, Vol 16, Issue 30

[Chris Hotte <ecwh at cogeco_ca>]

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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:47:13 -0600
> From: "Bob Crosby" <rtcrosby at charter_net>
> Subject: RE: [APD] Alternative Co2 sources
> To: "'aquatic plants digest'" <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
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> We had an instance here in Minnesota last year where a guy took a
> propane tank into his basement to "work on it" and ended up blowing up
> his house, along with himself, his wife and child. Not to overstate the
> obvious (although clearly not to the above guy, unfortunately), but
> propane tanks and/or any liquefied flammable gas are not appropriate for
> indoor use, unless properly vented, with the appropriate fittings, etc.,
> and probably in some sort of laboratory or professional setting. Heck,
> we don't even keep them in the garage - the extra for the grill goes
> right underneath it.
>
> And as you say, the mosquito device you mention is for outdoor use, and
> there are certainly other by-products of combustion which could be
> potentially nasty/deadly, to say nothing of just unburned LPG.
>
> Bob

In small town Northern Ontario where I grew up something slightly more 
stupid happened. I was on my way to the location when I heard about it 
from some of my terrified friends I ran into.

A small basement party was taking place, the middle of the week norm 
with underage drinking and the like. Possibly more than 30 people down 
there when this idiot takes down a propane tank, cracks open the valve 
and lights the thing! The idiot then parades around with it before the 
owner of the house snaps back into gear, cracks him a couple in the head 
and throws the tank out into the back yard where it burned itself out.

It basically was a controlled torch, but the valve was never made for 
that, and the heat... it just wasn't smart at all.  It did leave an 
impression, if that was what he was going for.

Chris.
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