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  1. Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!bmdhh243!iainw
  3. From: iainw@bnr.ca (Iain Woolf)
  4. Subject: Re: cleaning solvents
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan6.102702.26887@bnr.uk>
  6. Sender: news@bnr.uk (News Administrator)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: bmdhh12
  8. Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
  9. References: <4277.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> <1993Jan5.190121.6450@Happy-Man.com>
  10. Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 10:27:02 GMT
  11. Lines: 45
  12.  
  13. In article <1993Jan5.190121.6450@Happy-Man.com> Joshua_Putnam@happy-man.com
  14. writes:
  15. >In <4277.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us> dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave
  16. >Williams)  writes:
  17. >
  18. >> In all of the places I've worked, the solvent tanks had big steel lids
  19. >>that LATCHED open so they wouldn't get bumped and fall shut, which could
  20. >>cause Excedrin Headache #41, assuming your brains didn't just squeeze
  21. >>out into the solvent.
  22. >
  23. >This is a good idea, and most good tanks I've seen combine this
  24. >with fire protection by putting a piece of low-melting-point
  25. >metal in the latch mechanism -- just like the trigger on a fire
  26. >sprinkler.  If your head's still in the way by the time the link
  27. >melts, getting hit with the lid is the least of your worries.
  28.  
  29. Hmm, the mental picture of someone with their head low enough in a tank to
  30. get hit by the closing lid seems to suggest solvent abuse. If you've been
  31. in that position for a while, I'm not sure you would even feel the bump!
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  47.                            =================
  48.  
  49.  
  50. Cheers,
  51.  
  52.           Iain.
  53. -- 
  54.  
  55.  Iain Woolf,                      | My opinions are just that - MINE!
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