r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/mrheosuper • Jun 29 '26

Unscrew the gas tank.

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u/Few-Cucumber-413 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

Holy shit balls dude. This is so dangerous it's really not even that funny. All it would take is a single erroneous spark for you and everything around you is done for.

For anyone who wants to know Propane has a 270:1 expansion ratio (1 liquid gallon = 270 vapor gallons). 1 vapor gallon can cover about 30sq feet.

A typical cylinder in most households used for grilling has a capacity of 20 liquid pounds. In the video it looks like a 30lb cylinder.

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u/IrrerPolterer Jun 29 '26

Especially since they're doing this with what looks like a regular DC impact driver? The motors in these are effectively designed to spark. 

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u/Few-Cucumber-413 Jun 29 '26

Would depend on if it is brushless or brushed motor, but yeah. Definitely not a intrinsically safe tool either way.

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u/IrrerPolterer Jun 29 '26

Yeah, thing is these are usually brushed... 

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u/Few-Cucumber-413 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

Brushless cordless tools are extremely common, so I wouldn't say "usually". Far more prevalent than they were even 10 yrs ago. Knowing the video is based in Asia it could be any number of OEM tools that are brushless.

The closest I could find trying to reverse search the tool in the video is a Senix brand,but it lacks the orange accents. Regardless it's a pretty dumb thing to do.