A story
A buddy from work borrowed a compressor (20 gallon tank). It was in his garge with the door closed. He went into the home for a minute when the tank blew!! Blew the garage door off its tracks and into the street, did structural damage to his home. His dog was in the gagare and went completly nuts (his words were "wacky"). Took the dog to a vet and had to have it put down
Needless to say not wanting to be put down one day by my better half, I drain the tank :wink_smilevery morn when I head in the shop, only takes a sec to open the ball valve to drain.
SCSmith
My buddy could have been telling a story about his compressor .
If he was telling a story about his garage door, I bought it hook line and sinker....
But then stories, like caught fish do grow after a couple of beers...
I did a google search on compressor explosions, and I believe it could happen, one compressor explosion knocked a hole in a block wall. Not a high pressure bottle but an air compressor.