[GreenKeys] OT: Explosion-Proof phone on ebay...

[Howard Weeks]

Those phones are designed to prevent causing an explosion of air borne 
gases that might be in the area around it. Ships and submarines are full 
of that stuff. As is chemical plants, refineries, etc.

Howard

On 1/29/2015 2:14 AM, drlegendre . wrote:
> Indulge me, here..
>
> So in the case of the WE set on eBay, is this phone intended to prevent
> -or- withstand an explosion - or both?
>
> For some reason, I doubt that clear Lucite rotary dial would put up with
> much flak. Seems far too fragile for a bomb-proof item.
>
> And why does it have to weigh 30 lbs? Designers wanted inertia on their
> side for once? ;-)
>
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 12:39 AM, Ron Kolarik <rkolarik at neb.rr.com
> <mailto:rkolarik at neb.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     Just the ticket for a SHTF bunker......the only question is who
>     would you call in that case? :)
>
>     Ron
>     K0IDT
>
>