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Exploding Carboys!!!!!!!!

Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:12 pm

I've got to share a near death experience I just went through... I was in the process of cleaning one of my carboys just like I've done hundreds of times. I had the carboy in the sink, dumped in some PBW and started filling it up. I stuck the spray nozzle into the carboy and went into the garage to get something. While messing around in the garage I heard a sound that sounded like a sonic boom. Ran into the untility room and my carboy literally exploded sending large pieces of glass in all directions! I spent the next two hours pulling glass out of all 4 walls and the celling. I even found glass in the living room which is a good 50' from ground zero. I don't even what to think what would of happened if I was in the same room when this bomb went off!

What appeared to happen was the spay nozzle slipped into the carboy and formed a seal. Pressure built up from the PBW and caused the carboy to explode.

Note to brewer: ALWAYS vent when using PBW!
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Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:20 pm

I'm glad that you're ok and no one was in harms way! :shock: :shock:

Thanks for the warning. I often do the same thing with a spray nozzle and PBW in my carboy. I'll know now to keep a close eye on it.
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Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:21 pm

Glad to hear you werent hurt man. I havnt had one explode yet, but im sure it would be a scary experience.
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Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:27 pm

+1 on still being around to brew!
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Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:32 pm

Im glad your safe. I never want to see the exploding carboy in the headlines of a newspaper that touts the dangers of homebrewing
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Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:22 pm

HOLY MOTHER!

Wish you could have recorded that -- I'll bet it sounded AWESOME.

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Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:01 pm

Push Eject wrote:HOLY MOTHER!

Wish you could have recorded that -- I'll bet it sounded AWESOME.

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My spidey-sense tells me that Push will be setting up a Mythbusters type exploding carboy test any time now with lots of microphones and cameras!
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Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:04 pm

DannyW wrote:My spidey-sense tells me that Push will be setting up a Mythbusters type exploding carboy test any time now with lots of microphones and cameras!


Hey, Push.... Remember to use the lexan, eh?


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