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| Thread ID: 108562 | 2010-04-02 05:19:00 | Water Tank Enigma | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 872152 | 2010-04-02 05:19:00 | i3.photobucket.com My 30000 Lt water tank seems to have given up the ghost. As yet no reason available for collapse,the lid on left is supposed to be straight. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 872153 | 2010-04-02 05:22:00 | Probably the tank got airtight and when you took water out it created a partial vacuum. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 872154 | 2010-04-02 05:44:00 | Is it just the roof section or are the sides showing buckling as well? | BobM (1138) | ||
| 872155 | 2010-04-02 06:58:00 | I'm with Sweep - blocked top vent resulting in a partial vacuum, which subsequently caused the top of the tank to cave in. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 872156 | 2010-04-02 07:16:00 | Blow moulded tanks don't normally fracture, they buckle. I'm picking this is an older tank that has gone brittle over time and given up the ghost. Or a giant hailstone brokened it right up. If the vent is blocked that'll possibly cause a bit of a pressure drop, and a mighty implosion tendency, but it begs the question of how it managed to fill without inflating like a balloon due to the lack of a vent. Probably fashionable to blame it on 2 things, a National government and global warming. Ring the Army (when they get back after the school holidays) and tell them you need tank reinforcements PDQ. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 872157 | 2010-04-02 07:47:00 | Yep definitely John Keys fault if not it's Chinese dragons practising their communist tricks again | gary67 (56) | ||
| 872158 | 2010-04-02 07:51:00 | Some fat bugger used it as a trampoline. Hell, he's probably in the tank. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 872159 | 2010-04-02 09:40:00 | I'm with Sweep - blocked top vent resulting in a partial vacuum, which subsequently caused the top of the tank to cave in. There are two 60mm holes with mesh on them in that thing on the left,no blockage at all,that was the first thing I looked for. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 872160 | 2010-04-02 09:49:00 | Blow moulded tanks don't normally fracture, they buckle. I'm picking this is an older tank that has gone brittle over time and given up the ghost. Or a giant hailstone brokened it right up. If the vent is blocked that'll possibly cause a bit of a pressure drop, and a mighty implosion tendency, but it begs the question of how it managed to fill without inflating like a balloon due to the lack of a vent. Probably fashionable to blame it on 2 things, a National government and global warming. Ring the Army (when they get back after the school holidays) and tell them you need tank reinforcements PDQ. Tank is 5 and has a 20 year guarantee. I think it is unlikely that fat man has been up to suggested antics,due to difficulty of getting up there.Oh and I checked,definitely no one in there. No, sides are not affected. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 872161 | 2010-04-02 11:02:00 | Warranty test coming up? (If you tried to claim on that with NL near here, they would advise you that it was faulty water. They told a customer his toaster had faulty bread. Mind you, I've heard of hard water - - - - ) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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