Comments on: Essential Tips on How to Fill a Gas Can https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/tips-filling-gas-can/ Tue, 11 May 2021 15:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8 By: Joe https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/tips-filling-gas-can/#comment-827691 Tue, 11 May 2021 15:37:39 +0000 https://www.goldeagle.com/post/tips-for-filling-a-gas-can/#comment-827691 I have a 14 gallon “portable” tank that I put in my pickup bed to bring gasoline to my boat to fuel it. I’m 54 years old, that 88lb tank can be a bit of a challenge to lift into my truck alone. So, I fill it in the bed of the truck with a heavy braided wire attached to the plastic container. This braid runs down the the pavement where I keep a foot on it to provide bonding to the earth. Please give me your thoughts on that.

]]> By: fred https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/tips-filling-gas-can/#comment-253650 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:37:54 +0000 https://www.goldeagle.com/post/tips-for-filling-a-gas-can/#comment-253650 In reply to DD.

thanks for the info guys. my concern is with static building up on the ride home. the container sits on a carpet in the trunk, and vibrates a little bit back and forth with the cars movements. is there anyway to ground the gas container once you get home? just place it on cement?

]]> By: DD https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/tips-filling-gas-can/#comment-208714 Thu, 09 May 2019 15:53:52 +0000 https://www.goldeagle.com/post/tips-for-filling-a-gas-can/#comment-208714 In reply to Clarence.

Actually, it is still relevant. Plastic can charge themselves with static electricity (try the balloon on your hair!). Now however, plastics canisters are made of a plastic that doesn’t charge itself well, if any, with static electricity. The concern is with the filling equipment (nozzles, pumps, etc.) more than anything.

]]> By: Clarence https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/tips-filling-gas-can/#comment-61127 Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:20:35 +0000 https://www.goldeagle.com/post/tips-for-filling-a-gas-can/#comment-61127 Is most of the information about static electricity not as relevant now that most gas cans are plastic?

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