oldboyscout
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Is it okay to store diesel in a food grade blue plastic barrel?
Is it okay to store diesel in a food grade blue plastic barrel?
:confused2: .....Wait for it!!!!:laughing:
I store diesel and petrol in plastic containers, no chance of sparks
My car has a plastic diesel tank
Is it okay to store diesel in a food grade blue plastic barrel?
I'm in the minority, but I think storing diesel in plastic containers is not a good idea, and the larger the container, the worse the risk.
Plastic melts. If you have even a small fire in a storage area, the plastic vessel will fail, draining the liquid onto the floor, creating a huge fire.
In a metal drum, anything short of a plasma cutter or blow torch will simply heat the material in the drum till it boils, then will vaporize it. As soon as the external flame is removed, the contained material will stop boiling/burning (assuming the drum is vented in some way, so it doesn't rupture in the fire).
If you ever see the results of a failed-by-fire diesel plastic storage vessel, you will remember it. It is spectacular, in a car wreck sort of way.
Chris