[AT] Shop LP Plumbing

[Paul Waugh]

I was wrong, our natural gas runs through the house at 5-6 lbs after leaving 
the meter/regulator
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rdhaskell at juno.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Shop LP Plumbing


> 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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