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Posted by Tony Hwang on July 7, 2006, 10:02 pm
Stubby wrote:
>
>
> Joseph Meehan wrote:
>
>> Kurt Gavin wrote:
>>
>>> How vulnerable are those 500 gal home propane tanks to lightening?
>>>
>>> Are any particular grounding or other precautions useful?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>
>>
>> I would follow local codes and you should be safe.
>>
>> The tanks are metal and totally enclosed. There is not oxygen in
>> the tank so unless the tank ruptures it is safe. The electricity will
>> run around the tank, the same way it does if your car gets hit by
>> lightning. Sort of like a Faraday cage.
>
>
> Other things can happen. I know a guy that had a large tank on his
> property for the purpose of fueling his balloon tank, about 45 gallons.
> He had a heater on the tanks to keep the propane volatile in the midst
> of winter. When he came down in the morning and flipped on the light
> switch, an explosion occurred. The shed was destroyed, a wall on his
> house was burned, he suffered burns and was in a hospital for several
> days. I can guarantee that he obeyed all the rules and laws. But there
> must have been a tiny leak somewhere.
>
Hmmm,
Didn't he know there is winter grade propane? Like winter grade gasoline?
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