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The MythBusters then upgraded to a larger 30-gallon (110 L) water heater, which exploded with significantly greater force, sending the water heater several hundred feet into the air. To confirm the stated myth, the MythBusters obtained a full-sized 52-gallon (200 L) water heater and built a shack around it with a roof that followed standard ...
A water heater turned on its side can act as a cannon if it explodes. Based on the "Exploding Water Heater" myths from 2007 and 2009. Confirmed To test the destructive power of a heater, Adam and Jamie set one up at the bomb range and aimed it directly at the side of a van. When it exploded, the van was heavily damaged and knocked onto its side.
MythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. There is no consistent system for organizing MythBusters episodes into seasons. The show did not follow a consistent calendar of on- and off-air periods for its first-aired episodes.
A water heater can explode like a rocket and shoot through the roof of a two-story house. Plausible The MythBusters set up a three-tier scaffold to simulate a two-story house. The lowest level housed the 52-US gallon water heater, the second level was a set simulating a living room, and on top was a roof built to standard California building codes.
A water heater tank damaged by an earthquake can turn into a rocket, destroying the garage it is in then going through the motor-home parked next to the garage. Plausible The horizontally launched water heater destroyed the shed they built to simulate the garage and slammed into the frame of the motor-home.
Washington, D.C. mythbusters have put several of these legends to the test. Here are just a few of the most popular myths set in the nation's capital. Show comments. Advertisement.
Getty Images I love urban legends. The one about Coke and pop rocks? Heard it. Waking up in a tub full of ice and missing a kidney? That one's a classic. While some urban myths get so big that it ...
The MythBusters first tested various commercial water guns to see if they could create a steady, unbroken stream of water, which is essential for the conduction of electricity (as demonstrated in an earlier myth from the first series, Peeing on the Third Rail). However, most of the commercial water guns they tested could not shoot a continuous ...