Pooh Bear wrote:
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> Bret Ludwig wrote:
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>>Pooh Bear wrote:
>><<snip>>
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>>>I thought trying to extinguish a gasoline fire with water wasn't too
clever in the
>>>first place !
>>>
>>>Doesn't methanol also burn 'invisibly' too ?
>>
>> Gasoline, bad idea. Alcohols, water works great because they are
>>aggressively hygroscopic.
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>
> Indeed. I thought as much. Don't understand where the previous poster
got their ideas.
>
> Just the usual Usenet random noise I guess ?
>
> Graham
No, you just misread. Bret was also the "previous" poster, and what he
said was consistent both times. What he was saying was that since E85
still has SOME gasoline in it, using water to extinguish it doesn't work
much better than trying to put out gasoline with water. If it were PURE
ethanol (or methanol) then water would put it out.
Personally, I'd rather be able to SEE the fire and aim my dry-chem at it
instead of having to spray water at something I can't see, and can't
tell if it is or isn't fully extinguished.
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