Jerry can colours- a big deal?

[Toxic_Avenger]

Looking at getting some more jerry cans, and notice that they come in a range of colours.
Red for unleaded, brown for diesel, black for oil, etc. More info below here.

For my area of expertise, gases, there are standards relating to the colours of cylinders, and how they should represent the dangerous goods within them.
Is the jerry can colour scheme a big deal? Will I get accosted by Mr Plod for the wrong colour jerry can?
Id love to get some grey cans for diesel, but the 'proper' colour is 'olive yellow' https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/12/279.jpg

Any advice chaps?

[mick88]

Looking at getting some more jerry cans, and notice that they come in a range of colours.
Red for unleaded, brown for diesel, black for oil, etc. More info below here. (http://www.proquip.com.au/ProductPages/JerryCans/MetalCanRange.pdf)

For my area of expertise, gases, there are standards relating to the colours of cylinders, and how they should represent the dangerous goods within them.
Is the jerry can colour scheme a big deal? Will I get accosted by Mr Plod for the wrong colour jerry can?
Id love to get some grey cans for diesel, but the 'proper' colour is 'olive yellow' https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/12/279.jpg

Any advice chaps?

Go grey and if Plod asks, tell your diesel is a two stroke. ;)

Cheers, Mick

[Mick_Marsh]

What is the world coming to? You used to only get them in green (olive drabish).
All of my steel ones are olive drab or thereabouts. My plastic one in the Commodore is black because Rheem only produced them in black back when I bought it.

[Eevo]

lol, there are two on our firetruck, both red.
different fuels inside and none of them are unleaded.

[Shortie]

I had this dilemma a few months ago and to make matters even more confusing the colours differ across states! I am advised the emergency services do not take much notice as not many people follow the code anyway and the best way it to deal with it is use tags to identify what you have in each. Like these they are about three bucks from BCF.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/12/272.jpg

[Homestar]

I've got a green one on the 101 - with Unleaded in it. I've got a black one and a red one - both with diesel in them. Never heard of anyone getting pinged for the wrong colour - I would imagine very few people would know that there was even a colour code for these, let alone what the colours need to be. :)

Get the colour that you like and fill it with whatever you need to. After all, you know what will be in it. If someone steals it, then stiff bickies...

[Pedro_The_Swift]

I think all the plastic ones to OZ standard have the fluid type moulded into it,,
good on you's to people filling water ones with fuel---

lots of pretty colours in metal, easy enough to carry around a few cans of spray paint:p

[p38arover]

My diesel plastic jerry is yellow. My steel petrol jerries are olive drab. My Rheem plastic water jerry is olive drab.

[Toxic_Avenger]

So seems to be more personal choice than Dangerous goods transport requirement.
That works for me!

[DiscoMick]

Just remember white is drinking water.

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[ramblingboy42]

my clear 20 ltr jerry was for water then started to smell mouldy after a few years so it now carries diesel.

my old 10ltr petrol ones are used for diesel and I have a proper yellow diesel one which I put diesel in.....I bet some of you were expecting me to say water.

but one doesn't need to carry fuel any more , there is ample fuel everywhere you go , unless you do a 4-500 km backtrack.....although if you are in a Toyota anything you will not get the mileage claimed for the vehicle....in fact probably no where near it.

I usually only carry 20ltrs and rarely ever use it

Someone once tried to tell me the plastics were different to suit fuel types , but a guy I know who is a roto moulder says no , its all the same , the thickness may vary for the price you pay.

[debruiser]

my clear 20 ltr jerry was for water then started to smell mouldy after a few years so it now carries diesel.

my old 10ltr petrol ones are used for diesel and I have a proper yellow diesel one which I put diesel in.....I bet some of you were expecting me to say water.

but one doesn't need to carry fuel any more , there is ample fuel everywhere you go , unless you do a 4-500 km backtrack.....although if you are in a Toyota anything you will not get the mileage claimed for the vehicle....in fact probably no where near it.

I usually only carry 20ltrs and rarely ever use it

Someone once tried to tell me the plastics were different to suit fuel types , but a guy I know who is a roto moulder says no , its all the same , the thickness may vary for the price you pay.

Yes there is fuel in lots of places but in a D90, you dont' get much range on a tank, especially if you are towing something. I often take a jerry of diesel with me.

BTW, I have diesel in my 2 green cans.

[Bushie]

If you notice the pic with colours is from AFAC (Australian Fire Authorities Council) they are the recommended colours for its member agencies, (hence the green for driptorch fuel) and an agreement is in place to transition to those colours over the next 20 years (commenced 2010).

It's not binding on anyone else.

All my jerry cans are red :o


Martyn

[MR LR]

I am anal about it at work... yellow is diesel and red is unleaded, but that's only because I am sick of fixing motors that morons have put the wrong fuel (or water) in!

I have olive ones and red ones at home... I put whatever I want in them, they're all the same on the inside!

[DiscoMick]

Red is certainly petrol at our place. I have 2 black ones I use for diesel.

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[digger]

I have grey, red and a couple greens for diesel
And some greens (D^D)(W^D) a grey and a red for petrol......

Ilabel my jerry cans on the handles ...

On our fire trucks blue and red jerrycans indicatedip torch fuel.

And 2 stroke is in a red small plastic one, which i kept overlooking at the fatal yesterday
When we wanted to clean up!! (Used to be in white 5 litre metal can until last saturday!)
Im blaming the heat!