[AT] Shop LP Plumbing

rdhaskell at juno.com rdhaskell at juno.com
Fri Dec 28 09:36:19 PST 2007


 Hi Paul.  Any LP I have heard of in home heating application is less
than ½ psi after it leaves the regulator.

Ron Haskell
rdhaskell at juno.com
Riverside, California
USA
http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=3009370&f=0

On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:18:58 -0500 "Paul Waugh" <pwaugh at embarqmail.com>
writes:
> I will show my ignorance
> Plastic for gas above ground is a NO NO for safety reason (fire). 
> They do 
> use plastic below ground, where it comes through the ground, it has 
> been 
> changed to black steel pipe.  As I was told, black steel pipe does 
> not have 
> as many loose particles as galvanized steel pipe, there fore cleaner 
> for 
> orifices. I really have trouble believing copper is that expensive, 
> in lieu 
> of the safety factor.  Picture a plastic pipe having been melted by 
> flame 
> and now feeding the fire with 10-15 lb of pressure, kind of like a 
> blow 
> torch .. copper sounds cheap to me.  my 2 cents worth.
> 
> Paul in Indiana



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