The issue was that the pressure relief valve on the bottle malfunctioned. It
should have blown off and let the bottle vent rather than explode. When I
read the page last about 2-3 months ago, he had on there that the bottle
heater was on.
Craig
-----Original Message-----
From: Clay Cooke [mailto:cooke@ecn.purdue.edu]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 11:23 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Nitrous bottle explosion WAS: Laughing gas legends
Well, I went over the page, and the letter isnt there anymore. The people
who own the car had the letter they wrote to NX on the page, and I believe
they took that down and have changed that page A LOT!! since I was there
last.. but I do remember them saying that the heater was wired through the
ignition switch, so any time the car was on, the heater was on. They said
they guy forgot to turn the car ignition off, and so the heater stayed on
for a good long while.... and then BOOM!!!!!
Clay
84 Dodge Ram, scrappin pavement w/ 440 8bbl
96 Indy Ram, scrappin EVERYTHING w/ 360 Magnum!' -(www.indyram.org)
69 Road Runner 440 6bbl, project car
http://expert.cc.purdue.edu/~cooke
On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
>
> We've been through that one already. BUT...No where did it say if he left
> the bottle heater on, what temperature it was outside (let alone inside
his
> garage), or when the last time he had checked all the
> connections/hoses/bottle. (Inspection is a daily thing for me.)
>
> - Bernd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Marc Sanders
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 11:43 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Nitrous bottle explosion WAS: Laughing gas legends
>
>
> I saw someone mention the Maxima that had the nitrous bottle explode. Not
> sure if it was already posted or not, but here's the link to pictures of
> that incident. Would have been very unpleasant for anyone in the car at
the
> time.
>
> http://www.enhancedhealth.com/NOS2.htm
>
> Marc Sanders
> San Jose, Ca
> '98 CC SLT+, 318, AT, 5.5" lift, 33" BFG M/T's
> http://contagious-racing.8m.com
>
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