Re:It's not using the cellphone (Score 1)

I love these statements of facts. A former employer of mine manufactured gas pumps. So the company did plenty of testing related to causes of fires around gas pumps. Never could they cause a fire by using the cell phones mechanisms, but they easily were able to from static electricity. I wonder if the guy/girl

Good story, somewhat related, my boss had to investigate the cause of an explosion in China. The Chinese government was threatening to block all of our shipments because of our "faulty" pumps. After significant expense, the analysis came back that an noncertified tech decided to run high gauge stranded copper straight through the pump section of the dispenser. Additionally he bypassed the installed current/voltage reducer, so the power was running at the normal Chinese volts/amps (240V?). The moving mechanisms in the pump wore away the coating on the wire and in the end caused a major problem. Mix that with gas fumes and **boom** no much of a gas station left. By the way, I'm not a ME/EE so don't yell at me for mistakes in the story. The story is real, some facts may be wrong since its been more than 5 years and its not in my field of expertise. I knew of the investigation because I had to post all the new safety precautions and procedures.