You know those big red buttons at gas stations that you push in case of fire?
I never really knew what they did when you pushed them but I assumed it cut-off the gas, possibly called the Fire Department.
But I was never dumb enough to try it just because I was curious.
This guy does, and now I know what happens.
Thanks dumb guy!
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March 18th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Wow! Thats insane…I never thought it would be that…”explosive”.
March 18th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
OH MY GOD. That was hilarious!
As a technician in the fuel industry, I know all too well of the irritation that a pushed Emergency Stop button brings, but down here, the button just stops the gas/petrol flow.
That, however is just dangerous!
March 19th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Wow. I am glad I never followed through with my curiosity
March 20th, 2008 at 12:41 am
I worked at a gas station before, the big red “Do not press unless in emergency” button just turns off the pumps and the only way to turn it back on is from the inside the booth with another button, which I find kinda funny :p
March 20th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
I manage a series of engineering laboratories. Occasionally, we support tours and merit badge programs for Boy Scouts. Our laboratories all have big red emergency shut down buttons. Regardless of my attempts to keep the visiting Boy Scouts from pressing the buttons, every single time, one of them presses it and shuts down the power to the laboratories. Every time!
March 21st, 2008 at 1:10 pm
The stuff coming down I believe is coming down from Halon Tanks. it covers everything in a fire retardant powder and takes the oxygen supply out of the air to starve any fires. We have this in restaurants and when I was in the navy they were in the engine room. Nasty stuff!
March 22nd, 2008 at 4:59 am
GOOD GOD!!! I’m glad i never SAW the button!!! That could’ve- NO - Would’ve been me!!
March 24th, 2008 at 2:02 am
LOL!
March 24th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Is that high fog or foam? It seems kinda weird that it would actually do that from a button the customers can press - If it is foam I imagine it would be quite expensive to reset the system every time someone presses the button
March 24th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
wow that was crazy.
im guessing thats some sort of fire extingiusher.
well both there cars are covered.
haha
March 24th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
it’s a winter wonderland
March 24th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
wow…i dont really think that happens at most gas stations when you press the red button, pretty sure it just shuts off the gas as some people have suggested. but i work in a restaurant and that stuff that comes down is nasty. you cant breath in it, takes of ever to clean up.
March 25th, 2008 at 8:54 am
this was at a gas station at the honda plant in marysville,oh
the man was trying to call an attendant inside the building for help. being japanese, i don’t think he could understand fire, i’m sure there is a japanese translation there now.
this video made it’s way around the plant, which i work at.
March 25th, 2008 at 10:50 am
It may look kind of like HALON, but as a result of its toxicity, HALON is only used by the Navy and is not rated for civilian use.
March 25th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Halon is NOT only used by the Navy. Its used quite heavily in rack rooms for computers, telecommunication, etc. I worked for Bellsouth installing equipment in cellular sites, and some sites had halon systems, along with a big red button on the wall to “override” the system allowing you time to escape before being suffocated.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
It looks as if it’s an ANSUL system used in the kitchens of restaurants. These systems will put out a grease fire very quickly.
March 26th, 2008 at 4:48 am
As well as the navy, i work on a commercial vessel and we have a halon system in the engine room, and i can tell you any inspected vessel over 75 feet pretty much has one. (coast guard regs). but still freaking nasty stuff.. haha that guy wins
March 26th, 2008 at 7:28 am
insane!
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March 26th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
BS alert!
Gene: That was NOT Halon. Halon is veeeerrry expensive (over a hundred dollars a pound. The point of Halon is to avoid having to use powders that ruin equipment. Why would someone spend thousands of dollars for a CLEAN Halon system just to have a CO2-powered system blast sodium bicarbonate all over everything; very expensive to clean up. Halon requires NO cleanup.
Zmac: shut the hell up. I have helped my dad install dozens of Halon systems. What’s more, it is not toxic and certainly not lethal. I have breathed it in during several demonstrations. Makes your voice drop. You must have missed that Late Show episode where Jay inhaled some Halon.
And Jazbar: Ansul is a BRAND not a type of extinguisher. It could’ve been a Kidde or any of a number of brands.
March 27th, 2008 at 9:00 am
It went something like this:
“Herrow?”
“TSSSSSSSSSSSSSHH”
March 27th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
And in most cases when you push the BIG RED BUTTON at gas stations and it releases the the nice pretty white powder a HazMat team has to come and clean it
March 27th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
It is NOT halon as halon is an odorless and colorless gas. It is now banned in Canada. It looks like some type of Dry Chemical Extinguisher system.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:25 am
id be so pissed if i was the guy who didn’t push the button, but got raped by the fire extinguisher barage
March 29th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
woooow dude….thats so rad..
March 29th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
That’s Halon. I hope they bill him to re-charge that shit. That’s expensive stuff! Dumbass!
March 29th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
This happened at the Honda Of America Automobile plant in Marysville, OH. I used to work there and only live a couple miles away.
There are 2 videos of this, from either direction. (I have the originals somewhere.) This gas pump used to be turned on by telling an operator in the service center (The car wash is to the right, service center to the left where all the cars are parked.) and they would activate is based on your employee number. Recently they changed that and the guy who hit the button was a Japanese associate visiting for some reason (worked at Honda of Japan).
The system is a dry-chem, not C02. The tanks are around the corner of the car wash. Also, Halon only works in closed room enviroments since it sucks all the oxygen out of the air. Highly dangerous, mostly illegal now. All the other replies about halon are null. Halon will KILL you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halon_1211
The stuff that Jay Leno breaths is sodium hexfluoride, not even close to halon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cntt-h7Bp8I&feature=related
March 30th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Xetheare ftw
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Ace!…surely u would fill the tank press the button and drive away. free fuel every time, brilliant!
April 6th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
what a fucking moron hahaha
April 6th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Is that cocaine? Sweet!
April 7th, 2008 at 9:52 am
I’ve never seen one of those buttons?
:[ guess the midwest gas companies just don’t care about us. haha
April 9th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
It was a dry chemical. Definitely BC chemical. It’s mainly sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) It’s not toxic,but it makes a hell of a mess!!
I’ve seen a few go off. I recharge them for a living.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Handy way to get free petrol without being caught
April 13th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
XDDDDD Holy shit! That guy must be a dumb ass or something ~pardon meh french~ God! I almost pressed it once, but then i thought maybe id get in trouble, so i went back to the car XD
April 15th, 2008 at 12:57 am
This is why they should change the colour of the button to a undesirable colour instead of red.
April 26th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Are they alive?
May 16th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Halon is lethal in extremedoses…Meaning if you pass out from it and stay in it..you’re dead. Simple. Thats the only way
May 25th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Defiantly a dry chemical system given the white stuff left on the ground.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
The Ultimate ‘OOPS!’