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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Personally I really appreciate Earl's pointing this
out. It's something that I hadn't considered and I do carry a loose gel cell
battery that I use with my starter. The terminals on top could easily touch a
fuel can. If I ever use metal fuel cans I'll keep this in mind.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm also against too much governmental
interference, but I didn't read that into Earl's message at all.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith Black</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=vanputte@nuc.net href="mailto:vanputte@nuc.net">Ron Van Putte</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 06, 2003 10:51
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fuel Question... Why the
metal cans?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:EHaury@aol.com">EHaury@aol.com</A> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid178.1d34a95b.2c3994b8@aol.com type="cite"><FONT
face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 family="SANSSERIF">A
consideration for modelers using metal fuel cans is their conductivity.
Shorting a gel cell, or large starter NiCads, with a metal fuel can has been
disastrous for a few, a lesson we should not
repeat.<BR><BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>You can't legislate against
ignorance/stupidity/et al, but state and federal officials keep trying to
protect us from ourselves. Just wait until they decide that model
airplane fuel is even more dangerous than gasoline (it isn't). Then we
will they will ban it for our own good. Sorry for the tirade, but Earl's
response triggered my %$#@ button regarding government control of our lives.
<BR><BR>Ron Van Putte <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>