They go with a bit of a bang, don't they?

Post by **Stig** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:39 pm

strange how they reversed away...cant think why

Pr1ngle · Post by **Pr1ngle** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:37 am

holy mother of god!
I used to work for a dive centre in Malta and had something similar happen. The threads on the inside of the Air Cylinder had corroded so when the tank went back on the filling whips at the end of the day to refill all hell broke loose...
we used to fill to 230bar but when the pressure reached around there, the filling whip got spat out and there was an almighty explosion that took out another two tanks. Completely wrecked the filling panel and scuttled about 20 other cylinders, broke two windows, blew the clock clean off the wall into about twenty pieces.
Albeit it wasnt flammable it sure as hell made you think.

Tell you for free, i wouldnt have been that close, i've seen the force created when one goes bang and it's pretty accurate when you see the cylinder fly through the air just by venting its contents!

lucky nobody was killed!

Post by **Stig** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:42 am

Also makes you think about the contents of your garage or workshop.

I have 3 or more propane cylinders of various sizes, oxygen full size and a small co2 for the mig, Coupled with all the flammable liquids and a 150 litre compressor tank

Gord · Post by **Gord** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:27 pm

I have a 300 bar air bottle in the back of my car :-(

itsnotagenesis · Post by **itsnotagenesis** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:00 pm

Pr1ngle wrote:holy mother of god!
I used to work for a dive centre in Malta and had something similar happen. The threads on the inside of the Air Cylinder had corroded so when the tank went back on the filling whips at the end of the day to refill all hell broke loose...
we used to fill to 230bar but when the pressure reached around there, the filling whip got spat out and there was an almighty explosion that took out another two tanks. Completely wrecked the filling panel and scuttled about 20 other cylinders, broke two windows, blew the clock clean off the wall into about twenty pieces.
Albeit it wasnt flammable it sure as hell made you think.

Tell you for free, i wouldnt have been that close, i've seen the force created when one goes bang and it's pretty accurate when you see the cylinder fly through the air just by venting its contents!

lucky nobody was killed!

I dived in Malta back in 2001 I think with Paradise Bay diving. Ran all over Malta in a land rover as they wouldnt take their speedboat out unless it was calm.
Our local dive shop here had an accident a few years ago with a cylinder exploding. It killed the shop owners dog.