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[Last week's news] Ever seen a garbage truck spontaneously blow up? - Black - 02-03-2016
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/jan/27/garbage-truck-explodes-hamilton-new-jersey-video
Re: [Last week's news] Ever seen a garbage truck spontaneously blow up? - Black - 02-03-2016
Hmmm... could have done better on that subject line maybe...
What has 6 wheels and fries?
Re: [Last week's news] Ever seen a garbage truck spontaneously blow up? - Racer X - 02-03-2016
Charlie Sheen lit one on fire once.
Re: [Last week's news] Ever seen a garbage truck spontaneously blow up? - mrlynn - 02-03-2016
Increasing numbers of vehicles are powered by natural gas (and locomotives, too, are being tested). I wonder how likely this kind of explosion is.
/Mr Lynn
Re: [Last week's news] Ever seen a garbage truck spontaneously blow up? - OWC Jamie - 02-03-2016
cool explosion !!
glad no one was hurt
Re: [Last week's news] Ever seen a garbage truck spontaneously blow up? - cbelt3 - 02-03-2016
mrlynn wrote:
Increasing numbers of vehicles are powered by natural gas (and locomotives, too, are being tested). I wonder how likely this kind of explosion is.
/Mr Lynn
CNG "Explosions" are FAE explosions. They require the fuel tank to be ruptured, a gas plume to exit, and then the cloud of gas to ignite. Otherwise you get a torch effect. I'd expect that this was a rare occurrence, but I also expect there will be a design review. The local transit authority uses CNG buses, but the tanks are on the roof.