[42455] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Now:Power/Generators (Was: Re[2]: telehouse - 25 broadway)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Sun Sep 16 19:21:04 2001
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
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Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 19:20:24 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010916154534.045a1008@203.9.111.130> from "Lincoln Dale" at Sep 16, 2001 04:02:14 PM
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Unnamed Administration sources reported that Lincoln Dale said:
>
> - Gas is typically harder to store lots of than Diesel. LOTS harder.
> one of the 'nice' properties of Diesel is that it doesn't catch fire
> easily. (except under extreme
> temperature or extreme pressure, or both).
> you most definitely cannot say the same thing about Gas.
Yes, Diesel is more benign that gasoline/petrol or LPG/natural gas.
(It's not clear which you mean given international variations
in English..)
Its flashpoint is ~110F. Gasoline's about -34F.
But note Diesel is the close brother to another substance...
Jet fuel is literally #1 Diesel /aka kerosene. So once it's lit,
the flashpoint is equally moot.
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