[Shop-talk] Mythbusters sucks! [rant] (was: water heater (grandfinale?))

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Randall wrote:
>> Wonder if that's purposely
>> designed in ?  Might be to direct a potential explosion,
>
> Makes sense to me.  And why else would the bottom be concave on an 
> electric heater?  Normally pressure vessels are convex, to distribute 
> the forces better.

I dunno.  I bet I'm not alone in having my water heater in the basement. 
I'd like it a heck of a lot better if it exploded sideways, not 
vertically.

And I like Mythbusters just fine, even when I watch it and see flaws in 
the approach to something.  :-)

Mark