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On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:28:05 -0800 (PST), harry
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On Nov 16, 1:57Â*am, Oren wrote:
...for fuel oil in Canada. House changing to Electric service.

"A home near Victoria had to be demolished after an oil company got
its addresses mixed up and delivered a load of furnace oil to the
wrong house."

"...I had disconnected the oil tank and was getting 200 amp service in
for electric heat," said Phillips.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/11/14/bc-oi...


Putting an oil tank under a house would be illegal in the UK.
And I thought it was about fire regulations.

They used to be in the basements around here. Underground (burried)
tanks have been illegal here for several decades.