Testing tank strength...the hard way?

[JoelB]

When I fill a tank for the first time, I feel the need to go around it giving it a thump with the back of my fist.

I don't know, maybe if something's going to happen I'd rather it happen to me than someone else.

I was actually thinking today that it seemed rather pointless. Would anyone agree?

 

[chesterthehero]

sorry to do this to you


but i do it too... i thump the hell out of them... all 4 sides.... i do this for several days while they are set up in the backyard... i figure if they make it though "hell week" they will last for years in the house...

 

[12 Volt Man]

what size tanks are we talking about here?

because if you guys are punching big tanks with 1/2 inch glass its not going to do anything - you can't break it with your fists.

1/2 plate glass is extremely strong..

 

[uncwnells]

video or its not true!

 

[justintrask]

video or its not true!

 

[happymidgetpaul]

Haha, makes sense to me, I'd rather it break during a test then all over the inside of my home

 

[Tom_cullen]

what size tanks are we talking about here?

because if you guys are punching big tanks with 1/2 inch glass its not going to do anything - you can't break it with your fists.

1/2 plate glass is extremely strong..

i totally agree! i mean your gonna have to punch thick glass pretty hard for it to crack or shatter.
on the other hand i can see why you do it, i'm not going to fib, i do exactly the same. no idea why i bother tho it cant be good for the seals x

 

[cchhcc]

I don't think that technique mirrors the stresses a tank is under in operating conditions, but it surely does sound FUN!

 

[spiff]

I think a better test would be to fill it so that it overflows over the top.

 

[tylerperkins]

well lets see if they fill the tank all they way up then beat on it its a lot of stress compaired to just hitting it empty

so a tank full of water being hit could break a lot easier than you think