[EricH]

Originally Posted by Jibri Wright

At the Midwest regional a Clippard tank from a team exploded on Thursday morning. My guess is because they didn't wait for the tank to get room temperature. I believe they're more likely to explode when they're cold. I haven't read anything about this being the reason but it's just my guess.

Plastic or metal? I have yet to hear about any of the metal ones going off.


You'd probably be correct about the cold, but usually it wouldn't manifest at anything above freezing. Colder materials tend to become more brittle, which means more catastrophic failures.