Thanks for the reply - yours is the first.
Yes, the hose I'm using is an old garden hose. It won't be used for
anything else.
Yes, both tanks are on the ground.
Sounds like I'm in good shape.
Thanks,
John
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Mike Sloane wrote:
> I just returned from vacation and am catching up on Email. I didn't see any
> replies, so I will give it a shot:
>
> I would use the garden hose. But I would use a very cheap hose, as the fuel
>oil
> will probably make it worthless for much of anything else. I certainly
>wouldn't
> drink from it later. I suppose you could try to clean it out, but you might
>want
> to just save it for other nasty jobs (like pumping out the flooded basement,
> securing young trees, etc.).
>
> I don't think you have to worry about static buildup, as I assume that both
> tanks are sitting on the ground. The static problems comes when either the
> delivery tank or the receiving tank is insulated from the ground (as in
>delivery
> truck, airplane, etc.).
>
> Mike
>
> JGN wrote:
>
> > I need to transfer a couple of hundred gallons of fuel oil about 100 feet
> > from one tank to another. The elevations work out so a gravity transfer
> > will work out.
> >
> > Can I use garden hose? (This is a one-time event.) IOW, is there any
> > danger of static build-up when tranferring fuel oil, as there is for more
> > volatile liquids?
> >
> > John
> >
>
>
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