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Step 28Don't Leave Your Gas Can in the Sun

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If there's no vent hole It'll puff up and maybe pop like this one is going to. If there's a vent, it'll either spew vapors or gasoline. If it's the kind where the spout is turned around and put down in the can, it can spew gasoline until it's empty.

We don't want that.
Don't leave your gas can in the sun.
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Sep 10, 2009. 7:32 PMVinnyVanGogh says:
You shouldn't leave your gas can in ANY amount of heat! Not just sunlight.
Aug 24, 2008. 7:39 PMratmandu says:
Yeah... Good idea. I had left a 2 Gallon gas can, about half full in the sun while I was mowing the back yard, its the kind with the black spout and yellow cap with a ridge around about 90% of the cap, and a little clip. About 20 minutes later, I heard a bang like a gunshot and suddenly felt a horrible pain on my arm. Thinking I had been shot, i looked down at my arm then at the ground, and saw that little yellow cap sitting there. My arm hurt for several days, and left a nice bruise where the cap hit it.

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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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