Water Heater Explosion Mythbusters

A broken t p valve too much sediment or a bad anode rod are all dangers that can lead to a pressure explosion.

Water heater explosion mythbusters. Mythbusters discovery communication llc. While the water heater eventually ruptured it did not explode like a rocket. What happens when you fill a house with popcorn. The mythbusters take on a scene from the 80s classic real genius.

Then make it all pop with explosives in this. Check out exclusive footage straight from the mythbusters own video cameras. Adam and jamie learn just how much power a water heater under pressure really has. 7th 9pm e p on discovery.

Meanwhile tory grant and kari try on some all american myths about blue jeans. Adam and jamie learn just how much power a water heater under pressure really has. Mythbusters set up a three tier scaffold to simulate a two story house. With jamie hyneman adam savage tory belleci grant imahara.

New episodes return wednesday oct. Jamie and adam get steamed testing if a water heater can rocket through the roof and into the atmosphere. The mythbusters then upgraded to larger thirty gallon water heater which exploded with significantly greater force sending the water heater several hundred feet into the air. The lowest level housed the.

Another potential cause can be a gas leak which creates a major fire risk. What causes a water heater explosion. There are multiple potential causes of a heater explosion but pressure is the main threat.