tdkkart
Well-known member
Since everyone is down on electric heat this week I thought I'd throw this out there.
As many of you know, or could figure out, my shop is radiant floor heated, using an electric on-demand water heater. Numerous reasons for this, it was there already, logistics of getting a gas line to the shop etc. It is a tad expensive but not much more than some friends are paying for LP heat.
Yesterday morning I went out to the shop, opened the door, and got hit square in the face with the strong smell of raw gasoline. WTF???
Upon investigation I found a 3ft diameter puddle under my ZTR mower that I had parked in the shop Sunday afternoon. Prior to moving the mower to the shed I had filled the fuel tanks and apparently gotten them a bit full. The combination of filling a cold machine with cold fuel and then moving it into a heated shop had caused the fuel to expand and overflow the tank, all over the floor.
While all the gas fumes MIGHT not have been a problem with gas heat, it certainly could have, and it wouldn't have been pretty. Open flames and chemical fumes do not mix. While it's possible to start a fire with an electric
heating system, it's not very likely.
Just something to think about......
As many of you know, or could figure out, my shop is radiant floor heated, using an electric on-demand water heater. Numerous reasons for this, it was there already, logistics of getting a gas line to the shop etc. It is a tad expensive but not much more than some friends are paying for LP heat.
Yesterday morning I went out to the shop, opened the door, and got hit square in the face with the strong smell of raw gasoline. WTF???
Upon investigation I found a 3ft diameter puddle under my ZTR mower that I had parked in the shop Sunday afternoon. Prior to moving the mower to the shed I had filled the fuel tanks and apparently gotten them a bit full. The combination of filling a cold machine with cold fuel and then moving it into a heated shop had caused the fuel to expand and overflow the tank, all over the floor.
While all the gas fumes MIGHT not have been a problem with gas heat, it certainly could have, and it wouldn't have been pretty. Open flames and chemical fumes do not mix. While it's possible to start a fire with an electric
heating system, it's not very likely.
Just something to think about......