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Thanks for clearing that up.Water does not burn.
Thanks for clearing that up.Water does not burn.
slightly different
a lad down the road from us,
tried to cut up a oil drum for a bbq....with a 9 inch grinder ,
and it went bang big style ..
melted his shirt onto his chest, burns on his arms
and he had a few visits to a&e
the drum had exploded and split right down the middle ...scary ...
Thanks for clearing that up.
Lets put it like this. It can happen.......I turned out one Sunday dinner time to an explosion. It was a lorry cutting and sealing sensors in traffic lights on a near a pub and wooden betting shop. Anyway the gas burner fell over as they moved the lorry...this superheated a cylinder ,which in turn exploded. Sending cylinders every where. One even bounced right over the wooden shack used as a betting shop.Propane has a flammability limit of less than %10 so it would need to need to disperse A lot first, I would imagine the flame to float about 6 feet from the bottle. A mate said he did it once but he's full o' crap so I doubt it really happened.
I might be able to attach the garden hose to the valve to fill it. Or I could cut the valve off with a recip' saw.I think I'd find a way to get water into them!
I suppose it may not be an issue as oxygen isn't flammable, but seeing as it makes other things burn very well I wouldn't like to risk just cutting into one!
I think there must be a way to get the valve off, it may not be all that hard.
I have to overcomplicate everything.Just pop a small hole in them with a hand powered drill and leave them to sit for a day or two. Keep things like grease well away until you know they're completely empty, btw.
Needless to say he lasted 12 hours but died later that night. THAT was ONE of the worst jobs of my career . He was trapped behind the flame impinging on him and two walls . Horrific.
The could be used to make the burn tube for a rocket stove if that sort of thing floats your boatTo change the subject....
There are 2 cute little medical oxygen bottles dumpted down the road from me, I'm tempted but I can't think of any use for them, they have all the regulators on them.
To change the subject....
There are 2 cute little medical oxygen bottles dumpted down the road from me, I'm tempted but I can't think of any use for them, they have all the regulators on them.
Bloke in a shipyard knocked one over, knocked the valve off, and it rocketed off like a scalded cat, clanging off various things. Broke a guy's leg, iirc. They never used the bottle trolleys in there, always having them standing free - mental way of working.my mate cut the valve off...
This is me cutting the bottle ive never had one go on me just cut quarter then let the flame go out hahaNatural selection in action ?
As for the bottle, take off the valve, flush with water and if you want to be Captain Sensible, make the first cut with a pneumatic cut off tool while it's still full. Flushing with water does not remove the danger, no matter how long or how many times you do it. The water merely prevents the possibility of a large volume of gas forming within an enclosed space. You'd feel a bit daft if you manage to avoid blowing yourself up only to electrocute yourself.
Once you tip the water out, any residual propane is just going to fill the entire vessel with gas and it doesn't take much to form an explosive mix. Bottom line is, cutting open a propane tank is dangerous; even if you think you are being sensible, no sensible person would do it so you automatically rule yourself out. Safest way to do it is to get someone else to do it...