I see that Scewfix, among others, is seling 20 litre jerry cans.
I thought it was illegal to use these for petrol storage, e.g in one's garage. IIRC the limit was two 5-litre cans.
Am I wrong on this? What is the current position?
Apologies; that should be 'Screwfix'!
Google for five minutes and you'll find lots of previosu discussions about this
Kate ( snipped-for-privacy@all.invalid) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
Plastic. These are metal. The regs also vary according to distance from house/road.
They're also a lot cheaper off the army-surplus 4x4 suppliers - have a look in one of the Land-Rover mags.
Oh, and you don't HAVE to keep 'em full at all times. Petrol goes off, remember. Or you could put diesel in 'em.
2 x 5l in approved plastic. 2 x 10l in suitable metal.
20l jerry cans are illegal for petrol but not other flamable substances.
Google will produce the minefield of regulations pertaining to storage/transport of petrol, in/near/distant to buildings/habitation/flamable structures.
Whether legal or not it is not sensible to store petrol in a garage, especially if attached to a house. Of course jerry cans can store any liquid, even water.
Huw
I wonder when _they_ will decide that calling these 'cans, storage; fluids for the use of' by the name 'Jerry can' is a hate crime glorifying the war?
AIUI, the army in the desert campaign received their water in 'unfriendly' tins which couldn't be reused and which caused lots of wastage ... apparently the LRDG discovered that the Afrika Korp has a very good method for carrying water which was adopted/knicked by the British Army ... a 'Jerry' can!
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Brian
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I use one to store paraffin.
Limp Dick.
Thin tinplate cans that needed a wooden case around them for strength. They did get re-used, but they tended to split of dropped.
The "Jerry can" was an obvious idea that had already occurred to the British. The German gimmick to their excellent design was the use of quick and cheap roller resistance welding to seal the seam.
A friend of mine slightly knew the inventor of the Jerry can, who was quite amused by the name, which BTW, pre-dates the war.
On the contrary, a huge number were reused. They were an ideal source of metal for dummy railway tracks across the desert to a false railhead, which was attacked by the Germans on several ocasions. The camouflage officer responsible noted that he could have done with more, as shortage of materials meant that he had to slowly reduce the scale to 2/3 size.
Colin Bignell
The limit for petrol storage is two 10 litre metal cans, or two five litre plastic cans. However, there are plenty of liquids besides petrol that you can store in Jerry cans.
Colin Bignell
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I think you're confusing the terms re-used and re-cycled... :) I meant 're-used' as 'for their intended purpose'; having learnt that matter can not be destroyed or created ... ' the cans coud be recycled for a different usage.
But not for the carriage of water .... :)
Recycling involves reducing an item to its individual raw materials, then using those to manufacture something different. That was not done, so they were reused, albeit not for their original purpose.
Colin Bignell
They're for diesel. Halfrauds sometimes sell the same things with a big label saying as such.
What about "jerrybuilt", then? Does this imply that German civil engineers are less than diligent?
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Talking of gloryfying things...
If you'd worked on a German building site recently, then yes.
It might be but when I asked a traffic officer at my local police station on the legality of carrying two 22 litre jerry cans in my boot or on a vehicle trailer they said no problem. Of course I now know it's illegal but I've still got a note on file of the date and number of the officer that gave me the duff information :)
A couple of times a year I have four or five 22 litre jerry cans of petrol in my boot. If the car needs filling up at the same time I can't fill them all in one transaction as the pump cuts out at 100 litres :-)
Where's a good source for reliable 5 litre *metal* cans at the right price?
The problem with the plastic containers is really the spouts, which don't connect properly, so an alternative question might be: where can I buy a plastic container with a good-quality spout?
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