I'd have thought (given the point about odour and concentration) that you would be OK running a vacuum cleaner outside on the deck with a hose dropped down into the bilges. I suppose a Dyson cordless would be ideal as presumably they have brushless motors (although they could be generating static).
Various LPG gas detectors available for around £40
Such as changing the Windows clock in response to changes for British Summer Time ?
A feature not included in Macs by the looks of things.
michael adams
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I think my Karcher (and some other tub vacuums) have separate openings for motor intake and exhaust cooling fan, and vacuum suction exhaust air.
Not sure I'd risk it though.
Owain
OTOH, he did say any gas would be passing through the vacuum's motor. This is (or should be) an ng for those with a bit of a clue about what happens in electric motors (in this case, sparks), not for attendees of the Cheltenham Ladies College.
google cinnamon MSDS.
NT
Not as far as I know. And what else would you use?
And ironically BP now have a "pay at pump" phone app :)
I did jest with the bloke (well try, this particular garage does not employ people with a sense of humour) about "using a phone next to the pump".
He said "you can do it from inside the car..."
As if.
Petrol obviously :)
A lot of boats have diesel heaters, but more seriously there's nothing else on board as good for cooking. A Primus is a PITA.
Andy
Vir Campestris submitted this idea :
And/ or waste heat from the engine, for space heating on the move - as we found with one boat we hired, in winter. It was its only means of heating and the nights on the water can be very cold in the winter.
Some years ago we tried to upset a petrol pump and then tried to ignite some petrol fumes around the tank filling hole on a scrap car.
No mobile phone did effect either, the only way we got a "light" was with a 25 watt PMR radio with a mag base with the aerial tip arcing across to the metal work of the car body on the filler hole!.
Static? remember this is what blew up the boat Fanny Craddock was on. It is probably OK, but is it worth the risk? Brian
No but whatever he does, do not use a vacuum cleaner with a brushed motor to pump it out! Brian
I did point out at a local Shell garage that the pay by phone sign is right beside the do not use mobile phones sign. The cashier wasn't interested.
SteveW
No, there are very specific and well defined rules for installing and using it in small boats in the Boat Safety Scheme.
Mostly the rules are very similar to those for using it on caravans and camper vans (where it is very widely ised too). However there are few differences, in particular you can't guarantee gas 'drainage' on a boat like you can in a land vehicle.
Chris Green expressed precisely :
What, no 'gas drop holes' in the bottom?
Strangely enough, no! :-)
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