Storage of TVS outside..Good or Bad...or Dangerous???

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

I have busted them at the yokes. Why would busting them at the band make them explode? What am I missing?

Busting then at the yokes will cause the glass to break there & the gas gets let in quickly. That kills the vacuum effect.
I'm hoping you mean at the rear of the coils etc, though I do see a lot busted just under the yoke.