My guardian angel has been putting in some overtime....
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At 7pm tonight I decided to be good and cook some pasta for dinner. 4 hours later, I went back to the kitchen and flicked on the lights; the switch is outside. As I opened the door, I realised I hadn't turned the gas off fully.. 
I stood there and realised just how close I came to a serious explosion. I don't really know how it didn't go up - there are 9 50w halogens in the kitchen.. Luckily the window has been open a bit, but still...
I'm sitting here still shaking, talk about a close call.
I stood there and realised just how close I came to a serious explosion. I don't really know how it didn't go up - there are 9 50w halogens in the kitchen.. Luckily the window has been open a bit, but still...
I'm sitting here still shaking, talk about a close call.
You shouldn't have gas, have you considered changing you cooker for electric, they electrocute you but leave the house for your kids...
Few months ago I was fitting a shower that was live at the time and dropped the buggar, grapped it by the top corner where the live cable comes in and the pipe out of the bottom (Earthed), that was a close call that shook me up, especially as it made my heart race like f
k for a few minutes!
Scary st how close we come to death regularly isn't it?
Few months ago I was fitting a shower that was live at the time and dropped the buggar, grapped it by the top corner where the live cable comes in and the pipe out of the bottom (Earthed), that was a close call that shook me up, especially as it made my heart race like f
k for a few minutes!Scary s
t how close we come to death regularly isn't it?Emsman said:
Bloody amateurs
yours must have been down the pub.Mine saved me from the most horrific car crash, the engine and roof and wheels fell off, I jumped out without a scratch. (Queue bright lights and visions and stuff)
I then signed up for the Anthony Nolan bone marrow transplant scheme thing as I figured I had been saved for a reason.
Perhaps....
Or I was just lucky.
Funk said:
Digger said:
Been there done that! Does gas rise or fall, I forget!? Its also just struck me that after all this time, I have no idea whatsoever the type of "gas" that we use in our domestic hidey-holes!?
I think it's still the stuff that goes *BOOM*..
Petrolhead_Rich said:
Funk said:
Digger said:
Been there done that! Does gas rise or fall, I forget!? Its also just struck me that after all this time, I have no idea whatsoever the type of "gas" that we use in our domestic hidey-holes!?
I think it's still the stuff that goes *BOOM*..Digger said:
Been there done that! Does gas rise or fall, I forget!? Its also just struck me that after all this time, I have no idea whatsoever the type of "gas" that we use in our domestic hidey-holes!?
It's methane, but with something added to give it that 'gas' smell. Normal methane doesn't smell at all (iirc), so the 'smell' is added to help identify leaks. I have no idea at all if it's heavier or lighter that air. Sorry!To get a proper explosion the gas and air have to be in exactly the right proportions (the stoichiometric ratio??). Otherwise nowt happens.
I remember my chemistry teacher trying to demonstrate this with a pretty simple 'experiment' as an end of term jolly. Biscuit tin, hole in the top and bottom. Fill tin with gas from the tap. Light gas coming out of top hole. Gas gets burned off, air enters from the hole in the bottom - sooner or later the gas ratios come right and BANG!. Our chemistry teacher was crap, though, and nothing happened!
I've maybe answered you question there - if the gas that was lit was coming out of the hole in the top of the tin, it's probably lighter than air!
It would take a substantial concentration of gas to ignite, but even so it's enough to deliver a scare.
I'll never forget the story of a friend's boyfriend coming home after a night out and deciding to cook a fry-up.
He 'came to' on the sofa several hours later to find the frying pan melted on the hob - but worst of all - the fumes had killed his Mum's budgie.
Not funny I know, but
I'll never forget the story of a friend's boyfriend coming home after a night out and deciding to cook a fry-up.
He 'came to' on the sofa several hours later to find the frying pan melted on the hob - but worst of all - the fumes had killed his Mum's budgie.
Not funny I know, but
Mobile Chicane said:
It would take a substantial concentration of gas to ignite, but even so it's enough to deliver a scare.
I'll never forget the story of a friend's boyfriend coming home after a night out and deciding to cook a fry-up.
He 'came to' on the sofa several hours later to find the frying pan melted on the hob - but worst of all - the fumes had killed his Mum's budgie.
Not funny I know, but
My eyes got momentarily stuck on MUM there...I'll never forget the story of a friend's boyfriend coming home after a night out and deciding to cook a fry-up.
He 'came to' on the sofa several hours later to find the frying pan melted on the hob - but worst of all - the fumes had killed his Mum's budgie.
Not funny I know, but
What an anticlimax...
Digger said:
Emsman said:
Bloody amateurs
What happened this time pray tell? (with your BBQ!!!?)
All went well- I was even brave enough -or guests foolish enough- to get near the actual thing and do some cooking- a pleasant change as it wasn't me being cooked.
Alas, we all ended up at 70's night in the local, where far too much booze was consumed, but that's another story
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