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Old 07-02-2008, 07:13 PM   #28
barrman
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Default Re: so i ran the 100 shot a couple of times..

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Originally Posted by Hocky
That picture has circulated the internet for centuries. Like I said, I'd love to see proof of an over pressure burst creating a fire because nitrous under pressure is pretty difficult to ignite. Have a nitrous bottle? Go start the biggest fire you can and spray the nitrous bottle onto it and let us know what happens. However, I have no doubt that if a burst panel failed, the bottle could blow a hole in the car like I said above. Even still, the chances of that happening are slim to none. I've seen burst panels blow at pretty low pressure.

lol... it's like youre arguing against an invisible arguement, as if someone in this thread keeps telling you that nitrous is flammable. you just keep focusing on nitrous igniting. unless i missed something, nobody in this entire thread was making the claim that nitrous was flammable, and nobody claimed that an overpressure burst can create a fire. i know that nitrous is indeed a non-flammable liquid. you can literally blow out a flame with a stream of nitrous.

however, you CAN absolutely have an explosion with NO FIRE INVOLVED, and THAT is where the danger of having a bottle heater left on lies. if you have a bottle heater left on, the bottle pressure can rise to beyond safe levels, and the bottle can literally explode from excess pressure if the safety valve fails.
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