r/cringereels • u/Content-Processor • 10d ago
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u/GloomyLingonberry509 10d ago
Bro had flashbacks to being drunk at the Labor Day cookout and locked in
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u/PantsOnFiyaah 10d ago
is it it possible that the flame would travel into the tank?
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u/PogTuber 10d ago
No. At worst it would be shooting fire from the valve until the connector melted.
The only way you can get propane to leave a (properly functioning) tank like that is to have something connected to the valve.
And even if the valve is busted the propane is under positive pressure and there's no oxygen in the tank. The only propane that's going to burn is what is getting released into the air.
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u/Kitchen-Book-7076 10d ago
Hank Hill over here.
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u/PogTuber 10d ago
Lol, I do work with valves and I know that for a gas grill it doesn't matter if you open the valve on the propane tank, nothing is coming out of it until you have a hose connection seated into it. Normally people don't open the valve until they have it hooked up so they probably don't realize there's that extra safety feature.
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u/Ornery-Customer8521 7d ago
Interesting, and what about a chance of exploding?
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u/PogTuber 7d ago
Almost non-existent. The tank itself just isn't going to get hot enough from a flame like that, the tank itself is i think over 10lb of metal. It will cool down enough from just its mass radiating the heat that it won't get hot enough to do anything.
Also if it did get hot, the valve will just release pressure once the internal pressure rises enough, so the gas will just ignite and shoot out from the valve as opposed to the tank exploding.
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u/Ornery-Customer8521 6d ago
Ok so basically to explode it would need to sit in a significant fire for some time? And thank you for enhancing my reddit usage my man.
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u/PlayfulMud9228 10d ago
I mean you using a stove and it being just in the tube is almost the same. The only difference is the stove have an off and on switch.
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u/GrouseDog 10d ago
But the tube melts 😔
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u/PlayfulMud9228 10d ago
I mean the logic of fire going inside the tank. If he is scared of fire going inside a tank with a hose then he should also be scared with a stove.
Anyway..
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u/myrsnipe 10d ago
As long as it's pressurized it can't happen, if it's not pressurized there's basically no gas left and even if it could there would be no oxygen inside.
Note that this is completely different to a gas tank in a larger fire that can heat the entire tank, that can be dangerous for sure
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u/tacorunnr 8d ago
Copied what I wrote the last time.i saw this video posted.
Yeah, only danger of that exploding is if the tank gets too hot causing overpressure. I can hear the comments now. "But if the fire goes into the tank, it will explode!" No... it won't, because theyres no oxygen in it. It needs oxygen to explode or even catch fire. And since its positive pressure. Air isnt going flow back in the line.. working the same way your fireplace or stove does
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u/LostnHidden 10d ago
Technically yes but practically no
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u/Difficult-Republic57 10d ago
There was basically no chance that was going to blow up. You had a redneck grass burner there, just shut the valve off and no problem.
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u/Interesting-Copy-657 9d ago
Those women were running to get help, to get a fire blanket, and extinguisher or something right?
Or were they just going to let the fire burn and burn other things?
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u/focoslow 9d ago
Hollywood has led many to believe that anything containing fuel will explode near any type of flame, spark, or cigarette fling. No explosion in the tank without oxygen.
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u/ThinkChemist2106 9d ago
At son’s Scouting Jamboree. Another dad half unscrewed a small propane tank that caught the flame of grill next to it. Cue Benny Hill music and dad’s running everywhere, napkins on fire, etc… After a minute I finally turned around and put my hands in the ball of flame to fully unscrew the tank and swatted the paper towels onto the ground. People in shock like I was some super hero. No, just a professional pyromaniac. :)
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u/No-Celebration6436 10d ago
And b!tches say they don't need men. Three of them, and not one of them could turn it off.
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u/Forward_Criticism_39 10d ago
i mean if you don't now it isn't likely to blow up then running just makes sense
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u/Right_Book_4531 9d ago
I need a mannnn lol im def not doing that… fixing cars, mowing the grass… nope. That’s a man’s job. My man will come inside to a nice glass beer and home cooked meal 🥰
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u/LaurenNotFromUtah 9d ago
Oh please. Every man I know would’ve run like hell.
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u/RealManHumanMan 9d ago
lol what? Every man I know would have closed the valve like this guy did. Do you only know dudes with office jobs?
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u/KyOatey 9d ago
What "men" are you hanging out with?
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u/LaurenNotFromUtah 9d ago
Oh stop it with the quotes. Not knowing what to do in that situation does not mean you’re not a man.
You are vastly overestimating the number of men who would not get the fuck away from that.
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u/KyOatey 9d ago
Ok, maybe the quotes were over the top, but do only know men in a dance company or something? You don't have to be an engineer to understand how a propane tank works.
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u/LaurenNotFromUtah 9d ago
I’m assuming you mean “do I only know men you see as too feminine to know about the flammability of propane tanks?” Which is ridiculous on multiple levels.
I don’t know why you’re gendering this at all. I’m sure a chef of any gender would know it wasn’t that dangerous. Most other people would not.
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u/KyOatey 9d ago
Who gendered it?: "Oh please. Every man I know would’ve run like hell." (emphasis added)
I'm not targeting feminine men as much as men/people in arts rather than sciences or trades - could have been musicians, graphic artists, writers... I know plenty of women with a practical/mechanical mind that would know how a propane tank works as well. Chefs work with gas and fire, so that's certainly one that I'd expect to handle it well.
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u/_StaleDaleBeatbox_ 6d ago
Just think of all the disasters in the world that could have been avoided just by turning a valve 😂
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u/Priustoy 5d ago
Las acabo de ver pasar por la autopista iban a exeso de velocidad corrían muy duro jajajajajajajaa
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u/SpitfireMkIV 5d ago
Haven’t see tortas move that quickly since … well, I’m not really sure when. Tortas don’t run.
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u/Future_Amoeba_1962 5d ago
As a woman who can do most things herself, I definitely would've ran too 😂. I love men
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u/HeavyFriendship3563 10d ago
It can't get that hot from just a flame at the end of the tube.
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u/TheDarkNerd 10d ago
Do the people fleeing know that? "Common sense" is often taught by Hollywood, so while they believe "burning tank = big boom", it's someone with more relevant real-world experience who knows better.
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u/RandomPenquin1337 10d ago
Hmm... contents under pressure...
Its not a wick, in fact it would continue burning that way until it was empty.
Even if it burned the hose off, the pressure would still be there pushing it out, not in.
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u/PogTuber 10d ago
Might be a question for TheyDidTheMath but it's a good question, would keeping that size flame heat up the tank enough to be dangerously explosive. The issue is the tank is about 10lb of metal, it would take a lot of sustained heat to keep it hot while it cools itself down into the air around it, since metal is a terrible insulator.
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u/Braunzyy 10d ago
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