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#2989277 28-Oct-2022 16:14

Handsomedan:
Every now and again you'd hear an explosion in the staff room and upon investigation, you'd find shattered brown glass everywhere, from where a cup had spontaneously exploded - for no apparent reason.

Rubbish US-made "Pyrex" cookware will do that too. In Europe it's still borosilicate glass which was what Pyrex originally was, in the US it's been replaced by cheap tempered glass which will shatter/explode spectacularly when it feels like it.

So if you want quality, avoid the line that has "Made in USA" on it. Or more generally look for an explicit mention of borosilicate glass.

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#2989282 28-Oct-2022 16:28

neb:
Handsomedan:

Every now and again you'd hear an explosion in the staff room and upon investigation, you'd find shattered brown glass everywhere, from where a cup had spontaneously exploded - for no apparent reason.

Rubbish US-made "Pyrex" cookware will do that too. In Europe it's still borosilicate glass which was what Pyrex originally was, in the US it's been replaced by cheap tempered glass which will shatter/explode spectacularly when it feels like it. So if you want quality, avoid the line that has "Made in USA" on it. Or more generally look for an explicit mention of borosilicate glass.

Oh no! I just got some starwars and hello kitty pyrex from costco not knowing that. Guess if it breaks I will use the return policy with a bag of broken bits then.

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#2989286 28-Oct-2022 16:42

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Oh no! I just got some starwars and hello kitty pyrex from costco not knowing that. Guess if it breaks I will use the return policy with a bag of broken bits then.

It's not exploding left, right, and center, it's just not what you think you're getting.

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#2989317 28-Oct-2022 17:18

neb:
Handsomedan:

Every now and again you'd hear an explosion in the staff room and upon investigation, you'd find shattered brown glass everywhere, from where a cup had spontaneously exploded - for no apparent reason.

Rubbish US-made "Pyrex" cookware will do that too. In Europe it's still borosilicate glass which was what Pyrex originally was, in the US it's been replaced by cheap tempered glass which will shatter/explode spectacularly when it feels like it. So if you want quality, avoid the line that has "Made in USA" on it. Or more generally look for an explicit mention of borosilicate glass.

According to the one piece of glass remaining from my shower door - the fixed overlap at the hinge end - the glass was manufactured by XingFu Glass (which their web site tells me is in the international picturesque garden city of Changshu, Taiwan), but meets Standard AS/NZS 2208. Unfortunately I can't tell you what's in that standard because it would cost me $100.80 to purchase it 🙃

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#2989333 28-Oct-2022 17:49

allan:
According to the one piece of glass remaining from my shower door - the fixed overlap at the hinge end - the glass was manufactured by XingFu Glass (which their web site tells me is in the international picturesque garden city of Changshu, Taiwan), but meets Standard AS/NZS 2208. Unfortunately I can't tell you what's in that standard because it would cost me $100.80 to purchase it 🙃

That's just the testing standard, what you actually need is NZ 42something to tell you what the markings mean. Just had a look at the one here and through all the soap scum it looks like it's marked TFAS, T = toughened/tempered, A = impact resistance grade A (or it might be Annealed)... you're best off looking at the UK standards since they're more readily available than the NZ ones.

Totally stoopid that there's a legal requirement to put a marking on there that's effectively impossible to interpret for anyone looking at it. They may as well just mandate engraving 𓀌 on each pane for all the utility it has.

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#2989364 28-Oct-2022 20:19

neb:

Or more generally look for an explicit mention of borosilicate glass.

That is good to know - my Ooni Pizza Oven has a borosilicate glass panel on the door. I assume it's because you really want the good stuff at 400 degrees celcius.

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#2989366 28-Oct-2022 20:26

@PeterReader is very rarely participating in conversations. Most of its replies are automatic and in response to a word or set of words and it can vary depending on the sub-forum.

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#2989367 28-Oct-2022 20:30

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PeterReader.

Interesting and ironic that that the first response to the OP on this thread, nearly seven years ago, was this:

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=48&topicid=190840&page_no=1#1470664

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#2989368 28-Oct-2022 20:32

And yet, PeterReader lives.

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#2989370 28-Oct-2022 20:37

freitasm:

And yet, PeterReader lives.

Unfortunately - but presumably invincible.

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#2989385 28-Oct-2022 21:51

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And yet, PeterReader lives.

Don't worry, the minute we figure out his home address the boys'll be round...

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#2989480 29-Oct-2022 12:08

neb:
allan:

According to the one piece of glass remaining from my shower door - the fixed overlap at the hinge end - the glass was manufactured by XingFu Glass (which their web site tells me is in the international picturesque garden city of Changshu, Taiwan), but meets Standard AS/NZS 2208. Unfortunately I can't tell you what's in that standard because it would cost me $100.80 to purchase it 🙃

That's just the testing standard, what you actually need is NZ 42something to tell you what the markings mean. Just had a look at the one here and through all the soap scum it looks like it's marked TFAS, T = toughened/tempered, A = impact resistance grade A (or it might be Annealed)... you're best off looking at the UK standards since they're more readily available than the NZ ones. Totally stoopid that there's a legal requirement to put a marking on there that's effectively impossible to interpret for anyone looking at it. They may as well just mandate engraving 𓀌 on each pane for all the utility it has.

Had a closer look this morning and realised I can also see the following:

Grade A TF 5 - which appears to mean it is grade A safety glass. Unclear about the 5

CSI 7075 PAS-Mark - something to do with pool fencing? No idea really.

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#2989484 29-Oct-2022 12:19

Spur of the moment $20 purchase on trademe only to find freight cost of $34.

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#2989521 29-Oct-2022 14:56

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Grade A TF 5 - which appears to mean it is grade A safety glass. Unclear about the 5

Ah, yeah, the 'S' on ours could be a '5' under the gunk. One of the European standards has something like a shatter scale that goes from 1 to something, but grade 1 is the best so I doubt they'd be claiming a 5 for this.

Overall still about as useful as engraving a giant '𓀌' on it.

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#2989527 29-Oct-2022 15:39

Taking a bunch of photos on my iPhone to upload to a website - and finding that the phone is set on HEIC but the site accepts only JPEG. Then having to faff around finding out how to convert one to the other.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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