Didn't know that acronym. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLEVE Crazy video! That's some serious heat they blast at the tank wall. As per Pat's comment, I see a "pressure relief valve" shown here on Manchester's web site: http://www.mantank.com/products/rvproducts.htm Not sure if my old Manchester had that built into the main valve body or somewhere else. The new tank may have one though.
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:46 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote:
> You might be describing a BLEVE
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl-JgyQA7u0&feature=related
> Miguel
>
> 'In heaven all the interesting people are missing.'
> - Friedrich Nietzsche
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:06 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:03 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Or does a tank like that not blow up even when
>>> heated up with flames?
>>
>> Or more to the point:
>>
>> Does LP in an RV tank ever cause the tank to explode when tank exposed
>> to extreme heat for a period of time?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>>
>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>
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>>
>
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Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
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