4 gallon water bottle pressure limit?

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Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:58 pm

Anyone know the pressure limit of a water bottle like this?
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Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:07 pm

I believe on mythbusters they got it to about 60 give or take before it blew out a wall.I think it was one of the seams they blew aswell.
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Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:09 pm

I plan on using it for a sprinker setup, fill it with half water and pressurize it to atleast 90 psi. Guess I will have to keep looking, thanks for the reply.
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Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:13 pm

Unless stated on the bottle I’d say 0psi… remote pressurize it from 50 yards with a piece of ¾ plywood between you and the bottle pressurize it till it blows then leave your self a big safety window when it’s on the gun…
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Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:15 pm

Why are you filling it with water?
That will hurt performance.
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Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:41 pm

I plan on using it for a sprinker setup
Its for a lizard cage misting system. Now to find out if a sprinker valve will close with 5 or less psi water pressure...
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Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:48 pm

ohhh, thats cool, I have a bearded dragon, what you got?
i dont think it will close, they have a mininum pressure of 15 psi or so.
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It's for my Aunt, she has a crested gekko.
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Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:34 pm

judgment_arms wrote:Unless stated on the bottle I’d say 0psi… remote pressurize it from 50 yards with a piece of ¾ plywood between you and the bottle pressurize it till it blows then leave your self a big safety window when it’s on the gun…
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its alot more than 0psi.... like rna_deulers said they did it on mythbusters and got it to around 50-60 psi before it blew
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Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:12 pm

yeah i got one of those bottles to 70 psi before it blew apart between my legs. we found a chunk 50 yards away and a chunk in my leg lol. I do have a cannon which i reinforced the bottle with this special packing tape, and i was able to get it to 90 psi repeatedly with out the bottle bursting. (sold it to a friend, and hes had no problems with it either).
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Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:34 pm

Well, this is going to be indoors and I don't want to risk someone geting hurt if it fails. Just going to use 3 in pipe, thanks a lot for the help guys! 8)
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