Low Gas Warning explosion....

["J.Blaine Parkerson" <bpark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You asked why the contacts don't arc and give you a more stern 
warning that the fuel is low...  The reason is that for combustion 
there must be the three ingredients...  Fuel, Oxygen, and heat.  Now, 
these must be in the proper proportions, and in the fuel tank the 
fuel vapors are above what is called the upper explosive limit thus 
there is no bang.  
	Now, for an interesting aside, how does Halon extinguish a fire if 
it neither cools the flame, displaces the oxygen, or removes the 
fuel?  The Navy, my esteemed employer, had to re-invent fire to solve 
this little delima. (I can't spell so it looks like I'm picking the 
lima beans out of the mixed veggies...Yep, them veggies have been 
de-lima'd)

Blaine Parkerson
90 Spyder Grad 

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