...About those "imaginary" compressor explosions....

Occasionally this comes up and at least 3 people are always, "well I've never seen this how often does this happen?"

Answer? I don't know but I'd guess "it only takes once." A friend of mine recently gave me a typical cheap china import that had rusted through the tank. It had NOT exploded, but had rusted through and leaked and he caught it and realized what was going on