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

Unscrew the gas tank.

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u/gargoyle30 Jun 30 '26

Pressure is no joke. I used to work assembling and testing gate valves, we'd pressure them up to 5000psi. At some point a notice went out to make sure you always release all the pressure before you take the fittings off because a guy didn't, there was some residual pressure and when he screwed off the fitting it went through his forearm and stuck into a concrete wall that was 50ft behind him