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Exloding Hot Water Heater -
08.16.2008, 01:36 AM
the other day here in Phoenix somebody had thier hot water heater explode and turn into a large rocket ...here is the story and a web site where some guys did this in a controlled enviorment...I wouldnt mind doing this but hot water heaters can be expensive......
story......http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/123110 experiment web site......http://www.waterheaterblast.com/ |
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08.16.2008, 02:27 AM
Mythbusters did it too. It was awesome- maybe my favorite episode.
 I wonder how big of a tank it was? It must have been pretty large to have such a strong concussion wave and cause all of that collateral damage.
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08.16.2008, 02:34 AM
Yeah, I saw the mythbusters episode where they did that...fair bit of power in those tanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmJoyuUJj2Q |
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08.16.2008, 02:46 AM
Haha I have that same video in my IE favorites! Soooo awesome. There's nothing like an explosion that uses renewable energy sources!
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08.16.2008, 09:54 AM
You can achieve the same effect by chucking a can of baked beans onto a bonfire...
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08.16.2008, 10:36 AM
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08.16.2008, 10:49 AM
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some high pressure flaming blue angels.. I saw that episode of Myth Busters, it was pretty cool.. http://www.geocities.com/aqwut 1HP (electric) = 746 Watts. Everything is brushless!! |
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08.16.2008, 11:31 AM
Like the guy says, test your relief valve once a yr! These tanks must be extruded with a bottom cap welded on since they seem to always turn into missles. Notice what kind of safety factor they have built into these? It was well over 2x the rated pressure when it went.
Ghost buster slo-mo of the blast was awesome. |
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08.16.2008, 09:24 PM
It's called a Water Heater...not a hot water heater. There's no need to heat hot water.
You dont go and get cold ice cubes do you. Sorry, I work in the industry. I had to get that out.  But yeah, that's pretty wild when they turn into a rocket and splode like that. |
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