Jerry Peck
12-12-2007, 06:23 PM
Just watched the How Things Are Made TV show and they showed how water heaters are manufactured.
Do you know how they test the gas ones for gas leakage in the factory?
They connect the gas to the valve, turn the knob to light the pilot, then the burner, then they take an unlit torch and hold it to the gas flame, lighting the torch, then they move the flame of the torch around the gas control. No flame flaring out or explosion and it is okay - NOT KIDDING.
Do you know how they test the gas ones for gas leakage in the factory?
They connect the gas to the valve, turn the knob to light the pilot, then the burner, then they take an unlit torch and hold it to the gas flame, lighting the torch, then they move the flame of the torch around the gas control. No flame flaring out or explosion and it is okay - NOT KIDDING.