27-09-2021, 02:15 AM
Not quite off topic I suppose. As 17 YO (now 83) I observed there was liquid in the Zenith float. I was advised to immerse the float in hot water and locate the leak by the bubbles. No bubbles. In hindsight it had probably been repaired and some liquid was left in it or maybe on purpose to lower the float level. But in my haste I decided to heat the float over the gas. That did not end well. I was wearing just a singlet and shorts at the time and the resulting explosion sprayed me with burning petrol which did not improve my singlet, for me i dived onto the lounge carpet to extinguish the singlet which luckily must have been pure cotton. Just a few blisters but it took me half and hour to find the now badly distorted float top. I was able to straighten it and resolder the float. Lesson learnt, after resoldering I tested it with hot water.