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Originally Posted by 19Fordy
Gosh Karl, Thanks for posting that. Is static electricity the reason why you should never fill a gas can while it is in the bed of a pickup truck?
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That is part of it. The more important part is when (not if) there is an overfill it is on the ground and less hazard to deal with.
If you are filling a metal container it should be grounded to the fill hose... which should have a conductive ground wire in turn be grounded to the supplier tank. This also goes for filling your car. If you are filling from a plastic container, now you are the conductor to ground and should be grounded to the vehicle.