Re: Fuel level senders

IIRR they are safe precisely because the petrol tank is full of vapour
- to get a dangerous mixture of petrol vapour and air you need an empty
petrol tank, because the saturation concentration of inflammable gases
above liquid petrol/gasoline at room temperature is too high to sustain
combustion (the fuel-air mix is too rich).

That is, the fuel concentration is above the Upper Explosive Limit

http://www.imakenews.com/aristatek/e_article000126616.cfm

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Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

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    ... > IIRR they are safe precisely because the petrol tank is full of vapour ... > - to get a dangerous mixture of petrol vapour and air you need an empty ... because the saturation concentration of inflammable gases ... the fuel concentration is above the Upper Explosive Limit ...
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