How strong is a Petzl 8 descender?

THIS IS VIDEO 9 OF 10 - See textbook 👉 https://www.hownot2.com/post/canyon-rope-systems

Here is a free course featuring Brent Roth about different ways to set up rappels through a canyon. This considers ease of rigging, abrasion, ease of rescue and how efficient it is to move people through the canyon.
Episodes 1-5 show the systems,
Episode 6 shows how it can all be done with 1 device,
Episodes 7-8 are friction tests,
Episodes 9-10 are break tests of the hardware and the knot blocks.
All the episodes are in the textbook

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00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Descender 8 as Anchor
00:59 - Canyon Course
01:54 - Dyneema sling girth hitch
03:11 - Descender 8 Eye
04:14 - Descender 8 End to End
04:38 - PALIKOA Break Test Try #1
07:02 - PALIKOA Break Test Try #2
08:57 - PALIKOA Break Test Try #3