I learned my lesson

Whew! That’s no joke.

What do they claim as the max working pressure?

that is terrifying, happy to hear you are ok. hopefully no injuries?

somebody here, or one of the amazon listings for these also had a similar failure with the large gold filters.

also a good reminder for us all to always have eye protection on!!! i was admittedly pretty relax with this until i had a pressure disc blow. scared the living crap out of me. but what if it wasn't the burst disc? i would feel pretty silly living blind for 40 years if i know i could have prevented it.

Holy Cap Batman! Glad it was not your guardian angel's day off. You can tell that one hole is the cap with foster. What is the other hole; desiccant? The casing threads look intact. Was it the cap threads that gave way?

You can tell that one hole is the cap with foster.

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Well done!

Like a Wile E Coyote silhouette through the wall.

I get so frustrated when I see keyholing

Wow! Glad your ok, THAT was a close one!!! Thanks for the reminder about HPA and what it can do!

Wow, you were lucky. That is some thin wall piping used, where did you buy it.? The ones that have been recommended by @humdinger and myself look like this. Look at the difference between this and yours. Night and day. I’ve had the Tuxing and Xin Yong Shi brands and both were heavy duty 7075 aluminum with thick wall piping. ID should be about 1.375”. 

Wow, someone is selling Tuxing knock offs. The one in my photo is a Tuxing. Used frequently for over 3 years now, no problems. Yours looks like threaded schedule 40 pipe. Probably not very heavy weight wise. They should be as heavy as a brick. 

Very glad to know you were not severely hurt. You can do your own laundry....

Emptor caveat.

Trust but verify.

Do NOT make loud sounds around Mr Off_target. He may be a little jumpy for a while 

Do you have pics of the cap? What were you filling that was connected to the cap? Wondering how it came disconnected.

Glad your ok, I was just looking at buying one of those. Most of the ones I have seen are 8mm(.312). Yours looks about.125. Looks like I will be spending more money. Rick 

Thank you for the heads up,going to check mine now...make sure it is the "good one"...whew.