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<blockquote data-quote="Texasmark" data-source="post: 1518918" data-attributes="member: 27848"><p>I worried about that with chargers. </p><p></p><p>My humble take on it is that the quantity of heat....energy in spark x time of occurrence aka power has to exceed the combustion temperature of the grass touching it, be it via a single whack or repetitive whacks in a given amount of time. </p><p></p><p>One might take combustion temperatures published on wet hay combusting for a temperature. Considering your domestic, home, how water heater (gas at least as I use gas) set to Normal puts out 140F water and you (I) can't leave my hand under the faucet. </p><p></p><p>That's below combustion temps and I have had the unfortunate experience of sticking my hand in a smoking round bale of SS (that I baled a little too wet and immediately stacked the bales together trapping the heat) and it didn't stay in there but a second. </p><p></p><p>I can't imagine a charger getting a stalk of JG or such smoking hot. I have been at it 40 years and never heard of anyone starting a fire with a charger, around here or anywhere else, but the theory exists.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texasmark, post: 1518918, member: 27848"] I worried about that with chargers. My humble take on it is that the quantity of heat....energy in spark x time of occurrence aka power has to exceed the combustion temperature of the grass touching it, be it via a single whack or repetitive whacks in a given amount of time. One might take combustion temperatures published on wet hay combusting for a temperature. Considering your domestic, home, how water heater (gas at least as I use gas) set to Normal puts out 140F water and you (I) can't leave my hand under the faucet. That's below combustion temps and I have had the unfortunate experience of sticking my hand in a smoking round bale of SS (that I baled a little too wet and immediately stacked the bales together trapping the heat) and it didn't stay in there but a second. I can't imagine a charger getting a stalk of JG or such smoking hot. I have been at it 40 years and never heard of anyone starting a fire with a charger, around here or anywhere else, but the theory exists. [/QUOTE]
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