XPost: misc.consumers, misc.consumers.house, alt.home.repair   
   From: george@nospam.invalid   
      
   "Jeff Wisnia"  wrote in message   
   news:FtudnYdhM-MT5V3cRVn-sQ@conversent.net...   
   > Dr. Hardcrab wrote:   
   > > "Jeff Wisnia"  wrote   
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   > >>When he didn't hear a whistling overfill alarm signal within a couple of   
   > >>seconds after opening the hose nozzle he should have known something was   
   > >>wrong and slammed the nozzle closed.   
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   > >   
   > > Not all tanks have whistles. Should they? Sure. But, as I said, not all   
   do.   
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   > >   
   > > The lack of a simple Scully can ruin one's day...   
   > >   
   > >   
   >   
   > Agreed, but in the absence of a whistling  tank fill signal the only   
   > acceptable alternative IMO is to be able to get to the tank and check   
   > the available volume with the tank gage or by sticking the tank, before   
   > starting to pump as much as one gallon into it.   
      
      
   Sounds good but not realistic. Many people are not home and the tanks are in   
   the basement. which means the delivery guy cannot verify anything and you   
   typically can't stick an inside tank.   
      
   Also the idea of listening for the whistle will only minimize damage. Modern   
   oil delivery trucks can pump at 50 gallons or more a minute. So even a quick   
   "squirt" can put 25 gallons into a basement if someone were to remove a tank   
   and leave the fill intact.   
      
   Most of the blame rests with whoever did the gas install. Even if they   
   decided to leave the fill lines in place they could have removed the fill   
   cap and installed a $1.00,  2" black cap so no one could accidently fill.   
      
      
   >   
   > Anything less is taking too big a chance, and my sympathies go to any   
   > fuel oil delivery truck operators who are pushed by their bosses to fill   
   > the customer's tank "regardless".   
   >   
   > Way back when we didn't lust for so much material goods and have so much   
   > of what we earned confiscated to fund welfare programs most wife's jobs   
   > were maintaining a proper and nurturing environment for their children.   
   > So, there was usually someone at home to receive an oil delivery.   
   > Typically there were two guys with the tank truck, one to go down in the   
   > basement and watch the tank level, and the other outside to handle the   
   > hose and nozzle. When the tank was safely full the guy inside would bang   
   > on the fillpipe with his wrench to signal the guy outside to stop filling.   
   >   
   > The development of the whistling signal by Scully in the 30s made   
   > "unattended delivery" by one operator possible, as access to the tank   
   > was no longer required in order to make a safe fill. As you pointed out,   
   > it is a marvelously simple and virtually fail-safe device.   
   >   
   > Thanks for the mammaries, and Happy Holidays,   
   >   
   > Jeff   
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