Re: Which glue, available at any hardware store, for the screen of a mobile phone?

This is off topic to the original question, but with all the snow today, I ended up teaching the grandkids how to throw snowballs and to make little snowmen (since the snow doesn't last more than a few hours out here).

On those California gas cans...

I spent a lot of time on the phone with the CARB folks over the years o I wrote it up on alt.home.repair at the time in its gory detail o From memory, they only allowed 6 "brands" in California at the time o Each had to certify losses of almost zero ounces after six months storage (I don't remember the specific amount, nor the exact temperature and pressure conditions, so take that as a general summary).

I believe that the comment by Ralph Mowery is apropos that the EPA "may" have followed suit in the intervening years since CARB promulgated those standards.

My remarks to CARB were, at the time, the "irony" that they spec'd that the gas _stay inside_ the can ... but not that it could reasonably come _out_.

Literally, there is no spec for the ease of gas coming out. o Where all our complaints are generally about getting the gas out.

As I recall, there were 3 standards that greatly affected the handyman:

1. There is no longer a vent (which, IMHO, isn't really the problem here)
2. There must be child proof caps (which, most of us know how to defeat)
3. The gas must stay inside (they measure loss by weight over time) Actually #1 is simply a component of #3 I think, but #1 is noticeable.

What I do is very simple.

Since I live in the mountains, and since I'm long retired, as is my wife, I gas up with 70 gallons or so at Costco once every few weeks.

Then I put the cans along a wall that is about 10 feet high (give or take), where they stay until we drive a car up to that wall, and siphon the gas out.

I keep three 10 foot long 1/2 inch OD vinyl hoses (Ace is better than either Lowes or Home Depot for _clear_ vinyl hose, which yellows over time), so that I can put 15 gallons in any one tank during any one setting.

You can get away with almost half of that 10 feet but why bother, since the longer the hose, the more time you have, where 10 feet is just about perfect.

I have a pipe that I sometimes use to keep the bottom of the hose in the bottom corner, and a wooden wedge that tilts the cans up a bit at the front, but that's just finesse.

In addition, I have a modified funnel, with more of that hose taped to the bottom, so that it's easy to get the last few drops out of the gas cans (where again, the Blitz cans suck compared to the Costco cans).

Notice that the spout is just a bung cap, where it serves no purpose other than to cap the can. Hence the best caps are the STRONGEST ones, which tend to be the type that have the spout that stores inside the can.

The "shiny" plastic caps suck, compared to the dull plastic ones (I'd have to check the brand to be sure which brand it is), where it's flimsy by way of comparison.

What I really need, I haven't looked for, is a simple "bung" cap for _all_ my gas cans, since it's kind of a pain that the inside storage caps "drip" a bit since I fill the cans to the utmost.

Funnily enough, California recently enacted a law (a year or two ago?) that you can no longer fill cans larger than 6 gallons, but other than that, you can put as many cans in your car, legally, as you can fit (as long as you don't exceed FEDERAL (DOT) laws which are 600 POUNDS (not gallons, but pounds) of "hazardous material" when transporting it).

NOTE: Last I checked, NY was one state which limited gasoline to 25 gallons, which I haven't checked since because I'm in California.

For storage at home, the Fire Marshal doesn't care how many jerry jugs you have as long as they're in approved containers, and as long as they aren't stored next to the propane tanks (which, themselves, have to be a certain distance, I think 10 feet but maybe 15 or 20?) from flammable material.

OSHA doesn't play a role, but they told me exactly how to build a safe container which has a pan to catch spillage and vents to allow venting and it's covered otherwise, to prevent exposure to the elements.

The EPA plays a role only when the containers get to a certain size, I think it was 49 gallons (but I'd have to check), where then you need to deal with capturing venting during filling, where you can buy at McMasters for a few hundred bucks a gas dispensing setup for 50-gallon enamel inside steel drums for storage.

The problem with the 50-gallon drums (which are slightly less for the reasons stated above, I was told), is that it's really hard to get a DELIVERY here in California of fewer than about 300 gallons.

There was one more spec, as I recall, which kicks in at 300 gallons when stored at a residence, but I forget what it was (EPA maybe?).

Years ago I wrote all this up when I first set up my fuel attainment, storage, and delivery system - which has been working beautifully ever since.

In fact, my wife in the past 25 years has _never_ been to a gas station. Her vehicle is always perpetually filled up by me.

Even the neighbors know they can borrow five gallons for their generators any time they want (our power goes out at least monthly, on average) although most have their own generators, as I do, which run on separate

If you want pictures of anything I've said above, just ask, as my credibility is not like that of the 3 children who frequent this newsgroup who (a) are stupid, and who (b) don't know anything as a result, and (c) who just make everything up, and (d) who always prove to act like children.

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