MythBusters Episode 65: "Exploding Lighter"
A lighter can explode when put in a laundry dryer.
busted
A lighter was left in a running laundry dryer but suffered no significant damage and did not explode.
According to this web site, a MythBusters episode stated that a lighter cannot explode in a laundry dryer. Well, they are wrong. I had a lighter in a pair of jeans pockets make it's way into the front pocket of the dryer, right in the rubber seal between the door and the actual drum. I had to have the dryer seal repaired at an enormous cost.. the cause was a plastic shard from the lighter peirced the seal. My dryer is a front-loader.
Well, not the point of my thread really but my first Google search turned up the above But a lighter exploded in my hand while opening a beer bottle this evening and I still smelled like butane for 3-4 hours afterwards. Any idea whether this is a normal occurance? I've never heard of this nor seen it in my life. Let's just say I'm thankful I wasn't smoking nor was anybody in my direct surroundings!
A lighter can explode when put in a laundry dryer.
busted
A lighter was left in a running laundry dryer but suffered no significant damage and did not explode.
According to this web site, a MythBusters episode stated that a lighter cannot explode in a laundry dryer. Well, they are wrong. I had a lighter in a pair of jeans pockets make it's way into the front pocket of the dryer, right in the rubber seal between the door and the actual drum. I had to have the dryer seal repaired at an enormous cost.. the cause was a plastic shard from the lighter peirced the seal. My dryer is a front-loader.
Well, not the point of my thread really but my first Google search turned up the above But a lighter exploded in my hand while opening a beer bottle this evening and I still smelled like butane for 3-4 hours afterwards. Any idea whether this is a normal occurance? I've never heard of this nor seen it in my life. Let's just say I'm thankful I wasn't smoking nor was anybody in my direct surroundings!
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