1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

We had one near the office last year. Guy installed a water heater, had a gas leak. He called a plumber, they were staring at it when it blew. Killed 3 people and they ended up demolishing the whole house because the roof basically lifted off and fell back down. Explosive pressure is no joke.

 

Who’s trying to LASO run some halo 3? Lol

 

It won't start

 

I just finished playing through Reach again. Such a great game.

 

I thought this was more recent, but the run of gas leaks and explosions in MA a few years ago was especially terrifying. The local utility accidentally over-pressurized the residential gas lines and houses were bursting into flames all over the region. It's amazing that only one person died in all that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrimack_Valley_gas_explosions

 

Water pressure is no joke to ive soon pictures of huge pumps of explode because the pump was off and something failed allowing all the water above to drop down. Onto it

 

Was also talking to this guy who doe’s refrigeration works at at a dairy processing plant and he said one time the plant was draining the milk silo and the vent on the top didn’t open so the vacuum pressure from it getting drained imploded the silo.

 

Shits terrifying. Realized we only have co2 and smoke detectors in the house so ordered some new ones that can detect a gas leak as well.

 

Didn't know if there had been an update after that

 

We got this one for carbon monoxide in Theo's room and an overheard one our bedroom along with smoke and co2



Gives me a little extra reassurance being that it uses a 9V battery backup

 

Coming soon all modern HVAC equipment will start using natural gas variance of refrigerant. And Homes will start requiring refrigerant detectors because the refrigerant is flammable

 

New home refrigerators are already starting to use it

 

But those won’t read a natural gas leak will they? Everything I’m reading said that CO alarms won’t detect natural gas

 

Noooo

Our overhead one does, not the one I bought no

Figured the master bedroom being a lot closer we'd get the gas first

 

No natural gas is HC. You need one like this https://www.homedepot.com/pep/Kidde...1fbTXYyZE5k0ZL1naJBoCTzMQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

Nice! One more thing checked off the list and more reason to load it up and go on a little trip.

 

Yeah that’s the one Rebecca just texted me she ordered a few min ago lol

 

Also HC detectors should be up high same with CO should be high because they are lighter then air.

so either celling mount or about the same level as light switches

 

Makes sense why ours is overhead, thanks

 

I balanced one up on a wall moulding rail about chest high. I'd wondered if it should be higher.