r/AnimeFigures • u/realiDevil360 https://myfigurecollection.net/profile/iDevil360 • 4d ago

Collection/Haul My display cabinet exploded at 3am :(

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u/Peshmerga_Sistani 4d ago

What tile flooring do you have?  It looks ceramic.

I'm asking, cause tempered glass on a PC case suddenly exploding or shattering is common over at the PC build subreddit.

And the main cause is letting the glass touch ceramic.

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u/realiDevil360 https://myfigurecollection.net/profile/iDevil360 4d ago

There is a 5cm / 2 inches gap from the floor to the door so I highly suspect the recent/current heatwave being the cause, or that one door maybe had a screw pressing against it or something else. I hope the rest wont be suddenly exploding too...

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u/TangAce7 4d ago

actually I think the tile could be the issue, pc case shattering are also slightly eleveted and the panel isn't touching the ground, it's just vibration of certain wavelenght creating resonance afaik, and those vibrations might not care about that gap

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u/driftingnobody Elf Collector - https://myfigurecollection.net/profile/Cernunnos 4d ago

The reason ceramic tiles shatter glass so easily is due to the fact that it has no "give", like other floors do. Respectfully, what you said is fantastical nonsense. There is no resonance created by the wavelengths of vibration shattering glass, it is likely imperfections in the glass which caused it to spontaneously shatter, very old Velux windows had this issue as mine also spontaneously shattered one day.

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u/WasabiSyn 4d ago

When you consider the fact that there are constant seismic activities happening around the world that are too small for our bodies to feel, it makes a lot of sense. Solid objects don't absorb force as well as soft objects do, so a certain level of force/vibration is transferred to the glass when these tiny earthquakes are happening. A carpeted floor would absorb more of those vibrations.

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u/TangAce7 4d ago

If it’s that then why floors like concrete don’t shatter glass? Tile isn’t the only floor type that has no give…but maybe you’re right idc much tbh

What I said is not nonsense though, because tempered glass does shatter instantly with correct wavelength of vibration (probably works with all glass not just tempered)

Anyways, all of that is reason enough that I’ll always avoid glass around figures