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Home destroyed by electrical fire (caused by malfunction in a tankless electric water heater) Andy 04-02-2008
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on April 2, 2008, 5:27 pm
> Not likely, =EF=BF=BDif even possible.
>
> s
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> There was a video on utube years ago on a tank where the thermostat
> went bad and the saftey relief failed, the tank went through the
> ceiling

must of been intential, why else would one record ones hot water tank?

Posted by Oren on April 2, 2008, 7:25 pm
On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:27:04 -0700 (PDT), "hallerb@aol.com"

>> Not likely, ?if even possible.
>>
>> s
>>
>>
>>
>> There was a video on utube years ago on a tank where the thermostat
>> went bad and the saftey relief failed, the tank went through the
>> ceiling
>
>must of been intential, why else would one record ones hot water tank?

Mythbuster did intentially remove safety devices from a WH -
T-stat/shut off switch and T&P valve.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETNDlHNvDAA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv178a60Ypg


Posted by Oren on April 2, 2008, 7:41 pm

>On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:27:04 -0700 (PDT), "hallerb@aol.com"
>
>>> Not likely, ?if even possible.
>>>
>>> s
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There was a video on utube years ago on a tank where the thermostat
>>> went bad and the saftey relief failed, the tank went through the
>>> ceiling
>>
>>must of been intential, why else would one record ones hot water tank?
>
>Mythbuster did intentially remove safety devices from a WH -
>T-stat/shut off switch and T&P valve.
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETNDlHNvDAA
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv178a60Ypg

The other one shows a building they built....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmJoyuUJj2Q


Posted by Tom Horne on April 2, 2008, 10:44 pm
>
>> There was a video on utube years ago on a tank where the thermostat
>> went bad and the saftey relief failed, the tank went through the
>> ceiling
>
S. Barker wrote:
> Not likely, if even possible.
>
> s
>


Unfortunately there is no vaccine for stupid.

Back in the mid eighties a school board plumber was trying to get a
regular water heater to produce water hot enough to meet the specs for
the cafeteria's new dish washer. He forced the heat setting past it's
limit stop and when the Temperature Pressure Relief (TPR) Valve began
venting he started over by replacing it with a pipe plug. When live
steam began coming out of the kitchen taps one of the cooks began
shouting for everyone to leave. He was a navy veteran and had a healthy
respect for the power of live steam. His warning was too late. Too
teachers and several students were killed in the resulting Boiling
Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion or B.L.E.V.E. It blew the concrete
block wall that divided the kitchen from the cafeteria in onto the
teachers and students. The response effort was written up in Fire
Command Magazine. If I remember correctly the incident occurred in Ohio
some place.

There was a similar incident in the mid nineties involving a restaurant
in Florida I think. In that case the water heater did go through the
roof of the strip center were the restaurant was located. I don't
remember if that BLEVE caused any deaths. I think that one was written
up in Fire Engineering.
--
Tom Horne

Well we aren't no thin blue heroes but we aren't no blackguards to.
We're just working men and women most remarkable like you.

With apologies to the Kipling trust for the paraphrasing.

Posted by Bob on April 2, 2008, 12:59 pm
Andy wrote:
> <http://starbulletin.com/2008/04/01/news/briefs.html>
> Home destroyed by electrical fire
>
> A malfunction in a tankless electric water heater caused a fire
> Thursday that destroyed a Niu Valley home, firefighters have
> determined.

The article did not go into detail as to whether the fire was the result
of a manufacturing defect, improper installation, or improper usage.
Many a house has burned to the ground from a frayed appliance cord.
Electricity is perfectly safe when properly used.

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