What safety precaution should you take a while filling the fuel tank of a gasoline-powered boat?

Answer 1

keep engines, motors, and fans turned off

Answer 2

When filling the fuel tank of a gasoline-powered boat, the safety precautions are:

• Keep engines, motors, and fans turned off,
• extinguish all open flame,
• ground the boat to the fueling dock where required.
• Discharge the static electricity. Before opening the cap, you should touch the skin of the vehicle and then touch something metal and unpainted attached to ground. If the fueling facility has a static line, use it.
• Keep your face away when opening the cap to avoid inhaling any of the fumes.
• Stay present while the fuel is pumping, do not use the fuel nozzle trigger lock.
• When fueling is finished replace the cap and the nozzle.
• Before re-entering the vessel, double check that this has been done.
• It is also a good idea to have a towel handy to wipe up any small spills.

Answer 3

Besides not smoking or using open flame? If the tank is built into the hull, you should allow five to ten minutes between fueling and starting the engine. (In my area, a LOT of boaters fuel at a convenience store twenty minutes from the lake.) If it's a portable tank and you can unhook it easily, set the tank on the ground.

Answer 4

Keep engines, motors, and fans turned off