Originally Posted by
pete376403
Way back when I was interested in model steam engines - boilers were hydraulically tested to double the working pressure. If the boiler failed with a hydraulic test, then there was a "click" and water all over the floor. If they failed with air or steam the results were explosive and spectacular.
Same with dive tanks and such. Water was ever incompressible.
Incidentally the guy testing my CO2 bottle told me that if a tank fails the engineers say that it "lost its structural integrity." While absolutely correct, that does seem such an understatement.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
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