The door has fallen off this roadside cabinet revealing a mystery valve. Shall I turn it? Will I die?
by bodlang
43 comments
Obviously, yes.
Edit, you probably won’t die. If you do, you died, a brave adventurer.
There is a plug in the top, so I doubt you’ll get any free gas!
If nobody is on fire and nothing has exploded or there hasn’t been a huge flood then I’m guessing that this valve is better left shut.
Make the choice, adventurous stranger Turn the valve and bide the danger Or wonder, till it drives you mad, what would have followed if you had.
If it didn’t want to be turned, it wouldn’t be valve shaped
They turned it, they shrunk to the size of a flea. Now they can’t reply, or reach the valve. Ha. The fleaver strikes again.
Please dont, thats the valve that keeps the earth inflated.
If my drivesafe effing lesson I paid £95 for last week taught me anything , it’s that Amber means something that’s not Red or Green
Something about proceeding with caution ⚠️
Personally, I would turn it but I’m really not to be trusted in such matters.
From movies that either turns magic off or on. No way to find out which unless you turn it.
so far, in this life of mine, I have come to learn that you regret more the things you didn’t do, than the things you did.
“What if” hurts.
Is that the handle that turns the internet on and off?
“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying ‘End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’, the paint wouldn’t even have time to dry.” Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time
It’ll probably turn the TV off in Monica’s apartment.
If you do, all the escence of the world leaks out
“If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying ‘End-of-the-World Switch. DO NOT TOUCH,’ the paint wouldn’t even have time to dry.”
If Scooby Doo has taught me anything, that valve will reveal old man Jenkins secret lair in the abandoned spooky theme park.
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Turn on, light a match. You will find out then.
Sorry to tell you, OP, but the little plug above the valve is the end of the line for whatever that valve controls, be it gas or water. (Probably has as it’s yellow) That valve is there so that someone could shut off the supply before adding whatever it is they want to install, after the valve. Turn the valve, sure. It’s not going to do anything, cos the outlet is capped right there.
Yellow is usually gas, but you’re going to have to turn the handle to be sure. We can’t have the council be miss labelling valves, so do your duty op
It will be a gas test point. Probably for rhinology or something similar. Usually on low pressure main so same as your household gas pressure. Nothing will happen.
Twist it and a random person will die! ..it could very well be you DRAMATIC DUM DUM DUMMM
* twists the valve and some random fisherman off the coast of Scotland falls dead into the sea *
Ever see ghostbusters? Do you want that to happen?
Portal to the past, ignore the yellow card man and fulfill your mission
You died.
Better still, stand well back, preferably behind something solid and get the local idiot to turn the valve. If he or she needs encouragement offer a Mars bar.
I’m pretty sure that’s a medium pressure gas ECV
56 mins ago… OP… you dead?
My advice as as a maintenance professional is no.
me as an internet idiot, go for it
Yellow handle would indicate it’s probably natural gas or lpg, but the valve is also capped so it’s unlikely to make any difference what you do, but the valve is set to the off position.
This is your moment. Seize it
No you plum. It is not your valve!
It’s a data logger on the LP gas network, turning the handle will not do anything but you are better off leaving it alone
Take the plug out first
It’s capped off
Capped off, so knock yourself out!!
It’s a medium pressure logger test point report it on 0800111999 they will replace the door
This is a gas pressure test point for the gas network. Normally a remote pressure logger would be installed here. You can report it as being open on 0800 111 999.
Source: I’m a pressure control and storage technician for a gas distribution network.
43 comments
Obviously, yes.
Edit, you probably won’t die. If you do, you died, a brave adventurer.
There is a plug in the top, so I doubt you’ll get any free gas!
If nobody is on fire and nothing has exploded or there hasn’t been a huge flood then I’m guessing that this valve is better left shut.
Make the choice, adventurous stranger
Turn the valve and bide the danger
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
what would have followed if you had.
If it didn’t want to be turned, it wouldn’t be valve shaped
They turned it, they shrunk to the size of a flea. Now they can’t reply, or reach the valve. Ha. The fleaver strikes again.
Please dont, thats the valve that keeps the earth inflated.
If my drivesafe effing lesson I paid £95 for last week taught me anything , it’s that Amber means something that’s not Red or Green
Something about proceeding with caution ⚠️
Personally, I would turn it but I’m really not to be trusted in such matters.
From movies that either turns magic off or on. No way to find out which unless you turn it.
so far, in this life of mine, I have come to learn that you regret more the things you didn’t do, than the things you did.
“What if” hurts.
Is that the handle that turns the internet on and off?
“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying ‘End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’, the paint wouldn’t even have time to dry.”
Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time
It’ll probably turn the TV off in Monica’s apartment.
If you do, all the escence of the world leaks out
“If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying ‘End-of-the-World Switch. DO NOT TOUCH,’ the paint wouldn’t even have time to dry.”
GNU Terry Pratchett
Did you die?!
Don’t do it, you never know [what it’s connected to….](https://youtu.be/u3aP6TnaiEw?si=_4MvZoCsCYxOQvyp) (sfw link)
If Scooby Doo has taught me anything, that valve will reveal old man Jenkins secret lair in the abandoned spooky theme park.
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Turn on, light a match. You will find out then.
Sorry to tell you, OP, but the little plug above the valve is the end of the line for whatever that valve controls, be it gas or water. (Probably has as it’s yellow) That valve is there so that someone could shut off the supply before adding whatever it is they want to install, after the valve. Turn the valve, sure. It’s not going to do anything, cos the outlet is capped right there.
Yellow is usually gas, but you’re going to have to turn the handle to be sure. We can’t have the council be miss labelling valves, so do your duty op
It will be a gas test point. Probably for rhinology or something similar. Usually on low pressure main so same as your household gas pressure. Nothing will happen.
Twist it and a random person will die! ..it could very well be you DRAMATIC DUM DUM DUMMM
* twists the valve and some random fisherman off the coast of Scotland falls dead into the sea *
Makes me think of this Limmy sketch
https://youtu.be/u3aP6TnaiEw?si=-xfyupaP-QorC4xf
*yeah dog we got flow*
Stay away from that Trap Door!
Ever see ghostbusters? Do you want that to happen?
Portal to the past, ignore the yellow card man and fulfill your mission
You died.
Better still, stand well back, preferably behind something solid and get the local idiot to turn the valve. If he or she needs encouragement offer a Mars bar.
I’m pretty sure that’s a medium pressure gas ECV
56 mins ago… OP… you dead?
My advice as as a maintenance professional is no.
me as an internet idiot, go for it
Yellow handle would indicate it’s probably natural gas or lpg, but the valve is also capped so it’s unlikely to make any difference what you do, but the valve is set to the off position.
This is your moment. Seize it
No you plum. It is not your valve!
It’s a data logger on the LP gas network, turning the handle will not do anything but you are better off leaving it alone
Take the plug out first
It’s capped off
Capped off, so knock yourself out!!
It’s a medium pressure logger test point report it on 0800111999 they will replace the door
This is a gas pressure test point for the gas network. Normally a remote pressure logger would be installed here. You can report it as being open on 0800 111 999.
Source: I’m a pressure control and storage technician for a gas distribution network.