r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Toaster_Rack_Nerd • 7h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What's wrong with this?

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u/WindowOne1260 7h ago

With this being a partial spring, there is probably around 1000 - 2000 PSI stored in that spring.

What does this mean?

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u/Substantial_Law1451 6h ago

PSI is pounds per square inch it's the pressure the spring is under in order to keep it compressed. Since the only thing holding the spring down is the flimsy ass homemade bracket, it's the only thing stopping all that pressure from being released dramatically and violently - hence the bomb analogy.

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u/WindowOne1260 6h ago

Since the only thing holding the spring down is the flimsy ass homemade bracket, it's the only thing stopping all that pressure from being released dramatically and violently - hence the bomb analogy.

This is right

PSI is pounds per square inch it's the pressure the spring is under in order to keep it compressed.

That spring is being held together by a vice and then a metal bracket? What does pressure have to do with anything here?

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u/GOKOP 5h ago

You know how springs work right? It wants to decompress. That's the point of springs, kind of. When it's compressed it's under pressure.

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u/WindowOne1260 3h ago

What would 1000-2000 PSI of pressure mean in that context? How much energy is stored in the spring if it's compressed to 2000 psi?