meirman wrote:
In Baltimore a few days ago, water from the city water supply leaked
into gas lines, and it apparently damaged some gas appliances. (Not
mine.)

Any idea how water in a gas pipe would damage a stove or other
appliance? Maybe I'm still living in the 50's but I would think one
just takes the burners out of the stove and lets them dry, and the gas
company could do whatever it does to get the water out of the gas
lines. Force hot dry air through the lines? Or just regular air if
that is too hard.

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I don't know how it would damage most appliances, but I would guess it
could damage pressure regulators.

I don't know how water from a water line would be a problem, but we did
have water get in from a leak in the underground gas line once back in the
60's. We had the old gas line sleeved with a plastic pipe insert and that
took care of it. No damage to be repaired, but it had caused some
malfunctions at the time.

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Joseph E. Meehan

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