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pressure barrel disaster averted

 
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dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 10, 17 3:02 pm    Post subject: pressure barrel disaster averted Reply with quote
    

as i was cleaning to get ready for a batch i noticed a stubborn streak which on closer examination was hiding a crack about a 1/4 the way round the base with a tiny ouze in the middle inch or so.

sooner or later it would have been rather messy when it failed under pressure and probably full

therefore today's non news is dogs not traumatised, man not beaten with a mop.

it looked like a close miss though:roll:

Slim



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 10, 17 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Like a pressure washer chamber?

I would very much not like being anywhere near a failure of one of those.

Well-spotted

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 10, 17 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

5 gallon beer barrel with a co2 injector, so not high pressure as we know it but enough to make a bit of a pop and expel the contents while doing a soda bottle rocket impersonation if the barrel fails, so i imagine it would be rather messy to be too close to it.

sean
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 10, 17 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I gave up on barrels. One bottle failing makes a lot less mess of your house.

sgt.colon



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 17 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Close call DPack. Good job of your eagle eyes.

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