When I had read the webpage (also several months ago), I didn't see
anything about that. Wonder how many times it was "updated".
Curious though, what caused the pressure to build up like that?
- Bernd
At 02:09 PM 01/31/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>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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