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Originally Posted by okto
Also, all the FUD about blowing up your house is ridiculous. People have gasoline-fueled cars in their garages and highly-caustic drain cleaner under their sinks, and nobody freaks out about that. Everything is dangerous; that's why we have precautions and procedures for doing the most dangerous of the things we do.
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Not ridiculous. It happens, now and then in NNY where my parents live. BD production includes the introduction of a hot methanol lye mix into hot oil, usually in the presence of a mixer. If it's not an explosion proof mixer, like a drill with a paddle, sparking will make an adequate ignition source.
The circumstances that fuel is commercially or industrially pumped under, gasoline, avgas, aviation are regulated, and require explosion proof electronics, grounded piping, gas cans metal or plastic have to be conductive to arrest sparks. That's why blowups at the gas station are rare.
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