Lucky..... Lucky.....Lucky is all I can say!!

Bloody hell Snicko coulda been so much worse, good idea to get away from the window, I'm not a plumber but one once told me gas explodes to 150 times itrs compressed size so quite a fire ball if it let go.

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Good to see a safe outcome to it all!
Thanks for sharing this with us Snicko, I'll be checking the BBQ before I light it again!

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Thanks Gutsy. My thread might save someone else going through what we did. (don't recommend it!!)

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Originally Posted by growlers71gq

Bloody hell Snicko coulda been so much worse, good idea to get away from the window, I'm not a plumber but one once told me gas explodes to 150 times itrs compressed size so quite a fire ball if it let go.

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I think I'm going to be sick!! Glad I didn't know that on Sat night!!

wow wow wow, could have been a nasty thing there Snicko, glad no major damage was done and everyone is safe and well................... I'll be tightening up all me bits n pieces now. Cheers for the timely reminder, as I reckon we all get a little complacent with these things.............. I wonder if it more likely to be a faulty regulator on the heater rather than a faulty bottle. Shame the fireies couldn't say

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wow wow wow, could have been a nasty thing there Snicko, glad no major damage was done and everyone is safe and well................... I'll be tightening up all me bits n pieces now. Cheers for the timely reminder, as I reckon we all get a little complacent with these things.............. I wonder if it more likely to be a faulty regulator on the heater rather than a faulty bottle. Shame the fireies couldn't say

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We think that it was the regulator as the bottle was screwed up tight and clean inside the thread and the rubber thingy was still there not burnt!!

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Bloody hell Snicko coulda been so much worse, good idea to get away from the window, I'm not a plumber but one once told me gas explodes to 150 times itrs compressed size so quite a fire ball if it let go.

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Actually I think it's more like 270x when it changes state from a liquid to a vapour, but it won't ignite at that point as it's too rich. LPG won't ignite until about 13:1 air fuel ratio. So 1 litre of liquid LPG becomes 270 litres of LPG vapour, x13 = 3510 litres of BANG. A full 9 kg gas bottle holds 18 litres of LPG...............I'll let you work that out!

Tony

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Actually I think it's more like 230x when it changes state from a liquid to a vapour, but it won't ignite at that point as it's too rich. LPG won't ignite until about 13:1 air fuel ratio. So 1 litre of liquid LPG becomes 230 litres of LPG vapour, x13 = 2990 litres of BANG.

Tony

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Thanks Tony I feel so much better.....not!! hahahahahahaha

Maybe that's why they did a sweep of the house with a gas detector before we were allowed to go back inside.

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Originally Posted by YNOT

Actually I think it's more like 270x when it changes state from a liquid to a vapour, but it won't ignite at that point as it's too rich. LPG won't ignite until about 13:1 air fuel ratio. So 1 litre of liquid LPG becomes 270 litres of LPG vapour, x13 = 3510 litres of BANG. A full 9 kg gas bottle holds 18 litres of LPG...............I'll let you work that out!

Tony

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I'm not gonna work it out, all I know s that it'll be a bloody big kaaaabooooom

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Originally Posted by snicko

We think that it was the regulator as the bottle was screwed up tight and clean inside the thread and the rubber thingy was still there not burnt!!

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how long have you had the heater for?

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Thanks Tony I feel so much better.....not!! hahahahahahaha

Maybe that's why they did a sweep of the house with a gas detector before we were allowed to go back inside.

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Makes you think doesn't it. I was wrong about the expansion rate of LPG, it's 270x not 230x!!!