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Air Compressor Warning

The bomb in the workshop (retitled to encourage air compressor owners to read this thread)

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Mark Rand31/01/2021 21:25:58
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On the topic of the incompressibility of water. There was a bang and a rattling noise in our development office one day when I was beavering away. one day. A steam turbine cylinder was undergoing an hydraulic test before assembly and a 1/2" BSP blanking plug blew out of its hole. Went straight through the wall into the office...

 

Water isn't all that compressible (unlike oil) but steel is sufficiently expandable to store up a bit of energy under the wrong circumstances.

Edited By Mark Rand on 31/01/2021 21:27:37

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