Comments on: Episode 89: Exploding Water Heater http://mythbustersresults.com/episode89 Outcomes from all MythBusters Episodes Mon, 21 May 2012 05:52:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Golfball http://mythbustersresults.com/episode89/comment-page-1#comment-13696 Golfball Wed, 02 May 2012 13:26:15 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode86#comment-13696 @Enrico: In order to make the comparison you are making, the pressure required for the individual vessels to fail would also need to be similar, this is not the case. (Aerosol cans are only rated for 200psi, significantly lower than the 300psi of water heaters, and aerosol canisters burst (from the top) at temperatures below the boiling point of water.) The burst aerosol can will not be moving nearly as fast (and is much smaller) than the hot water heater. In order for a flaming aerosol can to be lethal (even if both water heater and flaming aerosol are moving at the same speed), the can would have to be much heavier. @Enrico: In order to make the comparison you are making, the pressure required for the individual vessels to fail would also need to be similar, this is not the case. (Aerosol cans are only rated for 200psi, significantly lower than the 300psi of water heaters, and aerosol canisters burst (from the top) at temperatures below the boiling point of water.)

The burst aerosol can will not be moving nearly as fast (and is much smaller) than the hot water heater. In order for a flaming aerosol can to be lethal (even if both water heater and flaming aerosol are moving at the same speed), the can would have to be much heavier.

]]> By: Juraj http://mythbustersresults.com/episode89/comment-page-1#comment-13596 Juraj Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:40:20 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode86#comment-13596 Please advise where I can find tiepmcitove prices for hot water tanks with the necessary solar water connections WITHOUT being ripped off as if this stuff is rocket science, which it is not! Please advise where I can find tiepmcitove prices for hot water tanks with the necessary solar water connections WITHOUT being ripped off as if this stuff is rocket science, which it is not!

]]> By: Hallie http://mythbustersresults.com/episode89/comment-page-1#comment-13592 Hallie Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:21:13 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode86#comment-13592 I typed in Depression' here on YouTube because I've been fnfseriug from it for a couple years now and I stumbled upon Clara's videos. She's really helped me put things into perspective and to be thankful for the life that I have.Thank you Clara, you are truely a beautiul and strong person. I typed in Depression’ here on YouTube because I’ve been fnfseriug from it for a couple years now and I stumbled upon Clara’s videos. She’s really helped me put things into perspective and to be thankful for the life that I have.Thank you Clara, you are truely a beautiul and strong person.

]]> By: Olena http://mythbustersresults.com/episode89/comment-page-1#comment-13588 Olena Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:07:23 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode86#comment-13588 I'm from Ukraine32-37 years Great Depression Those guys should be lucky to eat such eloicidus cakes which Clara used to cook.My grandmamas ate orach and carpentry glue. There was great hunger here organized by Stalin. Sory I don't know the recipe how to cook it. Millions people died including my uncle. Also I have no idea which cake ate my grandfather who died in Stalin's concentration camp. I’m from Ukraine32-37 years Great Depression Those guys should be lucky to eat such eloicidus cakes which Clara used to cook.My grandmamas ate orach and carpentry glue. There was great hunger here organized by Stalin. Sory I don’t know the recipe how to cook it. Millions people died including my uncle. Also I have no idea which cake ate my grandfather who died in Stalin’s concentration camp.

]]> By: JAY http://mythbustersresults.com/episode89/comment-page-1#comment-13564 JAY Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:20:11 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode86#comment-13564 u need new seats-need a special tool-can buy at hrrdwaae store.take out faucet, lefty lucy to get out seat-take back ro hrrdwaae store to get right size and thread count. they should have a plate to get right size Was this answer helpful? u need new seats-need a special tool-can buy at hrrdwaae store.take out faucet, lefty lucy to get out seat-take back ro hrrdwaae store to get right size and thread count. they should have a plate to get right size Was this answer helpful?

]]> By: Vidy http://mythbustersresults.com/episode89/comment-page-1#comment-13507 Vidy Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:52:58 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode86#comment-13507 i remeber when i had tripos it did specifically say to have a lamp on them, i think the lamp is meant to help with the growth and development of tripos, i dont know if a heater would be ok might get too hot for them. :/Robert PriceIchthyologistMy Triops webpage i remeber when i had tripos it did specifically say to have a lamp on them, i think the lamp is meant to help with the growth and development of tripos, i dont know if a heater would be ok might get too hot for them. :/Robert PriceIchthyologistMy Triops webpage

]]> By: Enrico Martinez http://mythbustersresults.com/episode89/comment-page-1#comment-13327 Enrico Martinez Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:36:30 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode86#comment-13327 WHY IN THIS EPISODE 89 "A water heater can explode and shoot through the roof of a house like a rocket." IS CONFIRMED??? WHILE IN EPISODE 85 "Aerosol cans placed in an open fire can explode with lethal force." IS BUSTED??? If a water-heater can punched through the roof like a rocket; so does an aerosol-can can explode (and hit a person) with lethal force. They are both sealed cylinder metal, and both subjected to heat. They just differ in size, but very much alike in lots of properties. SO... DO THE MATH!!!! "CONFIRMED" ... OR ... "BUSTED" IT IS "CONFIRMED" FOR ME!!! WHY IN THIS EPISODE 89 “A water heater can explode and shoot through the roof of a house like a rocket.” IS CONFIRMED???

WHILE IN EPISODE 85 “Aerosol cans placed in an open fire can explode with lethal force.” IS BUSTED???

If a water-heater can punched through the roof like a rocket; so does an aerosol-can can explode (and hit a person) with lethal force.

They are both sealed cylinder metal, and both subjected to heat. They just differ in size, but very much alike in lots of properties.

SO… DO THE MATH!!!!
“CONFIRMED” … OR … “BUSTED”

IT IS “CONFIRMED” FOR ME!!!

]]> By: Richard L. Manning http://mythbustersresults.com/episode89/comment-page-1#comment-13213 Richard L. Manning Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:08:52 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode86#comment-13213 I remember vividly the Star School Cafeteria Disaster. I worked in the Midwest City Police Dept. Records Division and was on duty when the incident occurred. I am also a former student of Star School and was familiar with that cafeteria layout. It was my responsibility that fateful day, to keep a running log of casualties and contacts with family members for our department. It was a very sad duty dealing with the families involved. I learned later that my father had just passed the school in his car when the explosion demolished the cafeteria. There is a memorial bench located at the former school site, remembering those who perished. I remember vividly the Star School Cafeteria Disaster. I worked in the Midwest City Police Dept. Records Division and was on duty when the incident occurred. I am also a former student of Star School and was familiar with that cafeteria layout. It was my responsibility that fateful day, to keep a running log of casualties and contacts with family members for our department. It was a very sad duty dealing with the families involved. I learned later that my father had just passed the school in his car when the explosion demolished the cafeteria. There is a memorial bench located at the former school site, remembering those who perished.

]]> By: Rick Norvell http://mythbustersresults.com/episode89/comment-page-1#comment-12861 Rick Norvell Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:57:23 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode86#comment-12861 I am a licensed plumber in Alaska and am very concerned about the comments from others about the water heater explosions being a myth as the pressure will back up into the main.The problem nobody is understanding is steam that occurs when the tank overheat as a result of low water and or bad thermostat. Water will expand something like 1600 times in an instant when it goes from water to steam, and is very explosive. It is not water pressure itself that is the problem, but instant steam volume. Think 1600 water heaters full of water at the same time, and all trying to occupy the space of one! I am a licensed plumber in Alaska and am very concerned about the comments from others about the water heater explosions being a myth as the pressure will back up into the main.The problem nobody is understanding is steam that occurs when the tank overheat as a result of low water and or bad thermostat. Water will expand something like 1600 times in an instant when it goes from water to steam, and is very explosive. It is not water pressure itself that is the problem, but instant steam volume. Think 1600 water heaters full of water at the same time, and all trying to occupy the space of one!

]]> By: Carmen http://mythbustersresults.com/episode89/comment-page-1#comment-11810 Carmen Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:23:13 +0000 http://mythbustersresults.com/episode86#comment-11810 did you read the summery? did you read the summery?

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