[SilverAthlon]

Who can't appreciate an exploding water heater???

Please use this thread to post other good times (i.e. Mentos)

 

[stone]

Amazing. That water heater was definitely more of a rocket than a bomb. :lightning:

 

[jpark]

:lol:

I think it's about time to check my tank's pressure-relief valve.

:shock:

PS... I added the YouTube tags around the link so that the vid shows up in the post.

 

[SilverAthlon]

Basically they found that you would have to completely disable all the safety features intentionally (as they did in the vid) to get results like this. Possibly more of a reality in old water heaters, in the episode they could not get a water heater to do this without serious safety feature modification.

 

[jpark]

That's another reason that our next water heater will be a tankless water heater.

For a whole house, they're around $1,000, but they also last much longer, use less fuel (ours would be natural gas), and they don't leak or rupture when they fail.

 

[jonas1022]

That's reassuring. I mean they had to totally defeat the safety features. I have an old heater in my house. It has always provided great hot water, and still isn't crackling like it's full of sediment and minerals. Also reassuring is the manic news media isn't showing houses that have blown to bits on the evening news. Which in my thought process means that the safety features are working on water heaters as they are currently built. :thumb:

Great video. Thanks!

 

[Surfscape]

Other than a good Palin interview (SNL or otherwise), Mythbusters is about all I can stand to watch on TV anymore. Great video moment there!

 

[SilverAthlon]

Sorry for being a nub, I didn't even see that YouTube button.......

 

[CrashNburn]

i watched that episode, that was good. i would love to work for them, building crazy stuff all day that would be great. escpecially the blowing stuff up haha.

tankless hot water is an awesome way to upgrade a major appliance in your house. mine is a rental so i never have to worry about doing anything but calling and then a repair man comes out lol. its like 8 bucks a month or something.

 

[stone]

I used to enjoy exploding things in my junior years. " Guy Fawkes Night" Those were the good old days. A random letter box here and there. :shrug:

 

[SilverAthlon]

Walk on water?

 

[jpark]

:lol: :stifle: :hyst: :clap:

 

[stone]

:lol:

 

[Colleen]

:lol: :clap: :clap: That was good !! :thumb:

 

[stone]

I enjoyed that.

 

[SilverAthlon]

Biometric Hackers

 

[stone]

Thanks for the " Biometric hackers" film clip SilverAthlon. Sensational!

 

[SilverAthlon]

Effect on vocal cords with Helium vs. Sulfur Hexaflouride

 

[SilverAthlon]

Coffee Creamer cannon:

 

[Charles]

:hyst: :clap: :clap: :hyst: :thumb: