"Greg O" wrote in message
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"JTMcC" wrote in message
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I've installed hundreds of miles, 99% of it on the high pressure side of
the
meter. Underground gas line is poly coated, or taped. The meter installer
will generaly paint everything thats not gas company grey after piping
his
meter.





Pretty much any underground gas on the utility side of the meter here is
poly. Granted there probably is some steel in the ground here and there,
but
any new installs have been poly. The mains are poly, branches to homes and
business' are poly.
Greg

That's just not possible, PE is legal for pressures under 99psi, all in town
distribution systems have pipe pressures well over that, they have to
maintain volumn. Even a small town will have distribution mains running 200
to 500 psi. and from 2" up.
As far as services go, steel services run off steel mains and PE services
run off of PE mains.
Maybe you haven't seen them, but there are quite a few steel lines in your
area.
You just can't run an entire dist. system with pressures under 99 psi.
Especially in the winter.
All this goes out the window if you are in Mexico, Gautamala, ect. But in
the U.S. it will hold true.

JTMcC.