Re: Fuel level senders

On Sun, 22 May 2005 01:52:08 +0100, Pooh Bear
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 20 May 2005 21:14:31 +0100, Pooh Bear
>> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >Jim Thompson wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Fri, 20 May 2005 10:00:53 +0100, Pooh Bear
>> >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >Ross Herbert wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Extensive firefighting experience and lab tests have shown that fuel tanks very rarely explode
>> >> >> during a vehicle fire.
>> >> >
>> >> >Except in Hollywood !
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Graham
>> >>
>> >> But engine compartment fires happen regularly.
>> >
>> >They do ? News to me but we don't have US cars much here.
>>
>> In frontal crashes.
>>
>> >
>> >> Last weekend, in my neighborhood, we had a drunken teenager hit a
>> >> wall, partially ejected through the windshield (no seat belt).
>> >>
>> >> The car burst into flames and the teenager was burned to death,
>> >> because no one could get close enough to pull him out in time.
>> >
>> >Hmmm. Not quite worthy of a Darwin Award but the principle was bang on.
>> >
>> >Graham
>>
>> Yep. All of his buddies are whining and moaning now, but they didn't
>> think enough of him to stop him from leaving the party in a totally
>> inebriated state :-(
>>
>> The cops are saying his estimated impact velocity was 70MPH. This was
>> in the heavily curved area of Ray Road in Ahwatukee Foothills (for
>> those of you who know the area).
>
>Just out of curiosity I looked tor a map and found one with Ray Road marked. I don't recall a scale but
>I'd guess by British standards it's quite a gentle curve ( does an almost 180 IIRC ).
>
>If you can point me to a more detailed map I'd be interested to see.

Just back-and-forth-and-back-and-forth... just enough to put a drunk
to sleep, see...

Newsgroups: alt.binaries.schematics.electronic
Subject: Accident Discussion, From S.E.D - AccidentSite.pdf (1/2)
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and add 70+ MPH to it, and you have disaster.

>
>The map was a realtor's btw. I was intruiged to see how many houses seem to be single storey there.
>
>Graham

I live about 2.5 miles west of where Ray and Chandler Blvd merge.

As for single story dwellings, most here are single story, except the
lower-priced homes, where the land/lot premium dominates the cost. My
home is 3650 sq-ft single-level.

...Jim Thompson
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