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Mike Dobony
 
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Default Copper pipe for Natural gas?


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People at HD and other places like that are for the most part, IDIOTS.
I'm surprised they didnt sell you a garden hose for the gas.

Natural gas is piped thru BLACK STEEL PIPE ONLY.


Tell that to the gas companies! They ALWAYS run through GALVANIZED IRON
pipes, not steel, not black! The gas company also used copper to run our
NG grill.

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Propane uses copper (or steel).

When you connect the black pipe, DO NOT use teflon tape either. Use
pipe dope (liquid paste). (there is a special teflon tape made for
gas, but if you can find it, it's expensive. The dope is cheaper and
has been used for decades).

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On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 10:42:57 -0600, "TURTLE"
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"EL" wrote in message
hlink.net...
There's no problem with running natural gas in copper. It's run that
way often in industrial and laboratory installations.

Boden



This is Turtle.

Hey EL , Plain copper tubing it never used on any natural gas transfer
tubing lines at all unless they are lined with some type of coating like

AL.
or epoxie coating to prevent the chemical reactions to make the Sulfur

drop
out of the natural gas and only if it has any left in it when it is used.
Also you have copper oxide to deal with in the burning equipment in these

so
call lab burnering equipment your speaking about. If you check you will

find
they are lined with a coating and not regular copper tubing lines. Now I
have been told by the manufactors of propane equipment that regular

copper
can be used because propane is not suppose to react with the plain

copper.

So, plain copper tubing is never used on natural gas lines in industry or
laboratory installations unless they are have a liner coating in them.

TURTLE




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