How much GOEX can I safely store?

[uncrichie]

Another thought, if you should unfortunately enough have a house fire and the BP is involved even after the initial cause your insurance company may have an out for making any reimbursement if it wasn't stored properly as in a storage magazine? Just another thought as insurance companies are notorious for weaseling out of claims. Maybe the answer for storing large quantities is in a "day magazine" located in an outdoor shed? Maybe. Uncrichie...

 

[gordy]

Theres no one that hates over restrictive laws more than I.But the reason for some of the rules inacted in many populated areas is to give the Fire Fighters some protection from an explosion while fighting the "house" fire.Some areas of the country even dictatate the location and amount of solvents for painting and cleaning Etc.As with many other members of local goverment,the Fire Marshalls tend to become dictators and add their own ideas to the rules. Many good suggestions here on storeing .

 

[Rabbit]

My brother years ago had about 20 lbs go up in a fire. The powder was stored in an old State medicine cabinet (far from air tight). This was in an old log cabin he built before he built his house. The cabin and the surrounding woods went up. He had to make a decision, save the woods or the cabin, so the cabin went up. He said the BP sounded like aerisol cans exploding, nothing more. With the fire I wonder if the tops melt off(i believe they are solder on) before the can explodes. Since this would leave the powder uncontained it just burns up, not explode.

 

[roundball]

My brother years ago had about 20 lbs go up in a fire. The powder was stored in an old State medicine cabinet (far from air tight). This was in an old log cabin he built before he built his house. The cabin and the surrounding woods went up. He had to make a decision, save the woods or the cabin, so the cabin went up. He said the BP sounded like aerisol cans exploding, nothing more. With the fire I wonder if the tops melt off(i believe they are solder on) before the can explodes. Since this would leave the powder uncontained it just burns up, not explode.

The cans are designed to burst easily...there's usually a dimple punch mark on the top flat of the cans that's almost all the way through the metal...a safety valve