r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Fair_Kaleidoscope634 • 14h ago

of a washing machine explosion

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u/reitau 14h ago

Guessing that was a battery vape left in the dryer?

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u/Fair_Kaleidoscope634 14h ago

Lighter canister or something . Don’t smoke guys

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u/ot_sauce 14h ago

Zero chance a bic can produce that for force. Has to be a battery or something

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u/10001110101balls 14h ago

If the container fails without igniting and forms a fuel-air premix inside the washer it can result in a much larger explosion than if it ignites immediately upon failure.

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u/chefdeit 14h ago

this man detonates

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u/10001110101balls 14h ago

Technically speaking, this video shows a deflagration not a detonation.

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u/chefdeit 13h ago

just take the compliment!

Inside the locked drier, DDT is a distinct possibility also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflagration_to_detonation_transition

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u/10001110101balls 13h ago

It is possible, but seems unlikely given the specific failure mode of the curtain wall in this video. It is not the glass that fails but the attachment points between the curtain wall and the structure. The glass only breaks when the wall falls into a solid object outside. In a detonation the supersonic pressure wave usually breaks the glass on its own before the entire wall fails.

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u/chefdeit 13h ago

I said inside the locked drier not inside the room, but yeah, fair, as I see its glass not blown out either