Geyser Blast: It is getting bitterly cold in North India, in such a situation, when it comes to taking bath, people’s soul trembles, it is obvious that it is impossible to take bath with cold water in winter. In such a situation, some people heat water on gas or some people use rods, although now most people give preference to geysers only. Because it is considered safe, but due to your slight carelessness, the use of geyser can be heavy for you, there have been many such cases when geyser has exploded while taking bath and people have died. Why this happens and so that this does not happen to you, you must know all these things.
Why does blast happen
Nowadays electric geysers are installed in every house. If these geysers are left on for a long time, then the geyser gets heated up and due to this it may explode. Actually, when the geyser is on, its boiler gets pressurized and there is a problem of leakage. The geyser may explode due to increase in pressure. If the boiler leaks or explodes, you can die due to electrocution. The geysers that supply salt water should be rescaled every two years, otherwise there is a high risk of short circuit. Also, most of the geysers have automatic Heat sensors are fitted, even if the automatic sensors stop working, the possibility of geyser bursting increases.
what precautions to take
- Always keep in mind that while you are taking a bath, turn off the geyser and take a bath. Heat the water by turning on the geyser beforehand and store it in a bucket or any other container before taking a bath.
- Wherever the geyser is being installed, note that there should be some empty space between the wall and the geyser.
- If you are buying a water heater, then definitely pay attention to its rating. Choose only reputed brands, give long term warranty and service on water heaters.
- Install only good quality geyser, do check the ISI mark in it, buy geyser with automatic switch off system
- Do pay attention to the security feature on the water heater, so that you can stay safe, such as power supply stops in case of leakage, there is no shock even after being plugged in.
- While buying a heater, see that the water heater is shop proof. There should also be a pressure control feature to handle the excess pressure and prevent problems like tank bursts.
- Get the geyser serviced from time to time, get the geyser fitted by an engineer only.
- Always buy a big geyser, buy a geyser of at least 10 to 35 liters for the bathroom.
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