[Jewelry making - Article 00211] - Re: [Orchid] O2 Little Torch on big tank

[Judy M. Willingham]

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    Hello all, Peter's description (below) of the jet-propelled Oxygen
    tank blasting through the scuba shop reminded me of a similar
    example. 

    This was a concrete swimming pool.  Chlorine gas tanks were being
    taken to the chlorinator room when one fell and the valve was
    damaged.  Luckily it happened to shoot into the filled swimming pool
    where it proceeded to bounce from side to side, much like a billiard
    ball on a pool table. 

    The concrete sidewalls and gutters were badly pounded and the pool
    was pretty much ruined.  An expensive lesson in why gas-filled
    cylinders must be well secured. 

>      I recall, about 20 years ago while on vacation in florida, seeing
>     a scuba dive shop nearby with what appeared to be construction to
>     rebuild a whole back wall.  A scuba tank is also about 40 cubic
>     feet, if i recall, and pressurized to about the same pressure
>     ranges.  They'd been filling tanks with air, and someone had
>     dropped a tank while removing it from the concrete "well" they
>     placed the tanks in while filling.  It had hit on it's valve,
>     cracking it, and turning it into the above described rocket motor.
>     . the tank blew through the cinder block back wall of the shop
>     (making about a five foot diameter hole) , through an outer chain
>     link fence around the shop's yard, and flew an additional 300 yards
>     (1.5 football fields) before hitting the ground, digging quite a
>     gully, and sliding another fifteen feet into the seawall, leaving a
>     4 foot gap in the concrete seawall, and ending up another fifty
>     feet or so out in the ocean.   It was a visual lesson I'll never
>     forget.  I don't mind keeping tanks and working with them.  But I
>     make very sure their properly secured.  You should too.  even small
>     ones. 

Judy in Kansas

Judy M. Willingham, R.S.
B.A.E.  237 Seaton Hall
Kansas State University
Manhatttan  KS  66506
(785) 532-2936    FAX (785) 532-6944



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