[rescue] replacing an Ultra2 (homebrewing)

[Phil Stracchino]

Peter Corlett wrote:
> On 18 Apr 2007, at 19:07, Sandwich Maker wrote:
> [...]
>> messy, yes.  razor-sharp shrapnel, no.
> 
> The detritus from an exploded plastic bottle isn't exactly good for  
> you either.

Those PET bottles tend to either just split down one side, or burst into
two or three large pieces, though, not shatter into hundreds of
razor-edged shards.

(Incidentally, Mythbusters blew up a five-gallon PET water bottle while
busting the water-rocket jet-pack myth.  IIRC, it took about 180PSI,
call it 12 atmospheres, before it ruptured.)


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