Cadent came knocking today - apparently I have to move my gas meter?!
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because they are not vent pipes, they are flame off points should the gas need to be burned rather than vented, many times it is safer to burn the excess gas rather than release it to atmosphere, if they were just vents the ends would be open, the mushroom shaped parts are flame arrestors that allow the gas to be burned, with no risk of the flame getting back to the gas supply
Because gas is the same as everything, it is lazy and will always take the easiest path of resistance, ig Nat gas is leaking underground , it will not push up through Tarmac or concrete, it will trac along drains, water pipes , any ducts and rise at the easiest place, hence why anyone working in a drain, duct, inspecion hatch must have nat gas alarms or some way of checking before carrying out any work, it is not just comms engineers
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yep I remember the miners having them, wouldnt work on nat gas though, they were for underground, to show a depletion of oxygen as methane has no smell, hence the canaries, who died because of the lack of oxygen before the miners did
when you look back @HERTS P&D , what a hard time those lads had, I grew up in a mining community, so know lots about it, some real hard barstewards in those days, wonder what they would think of this Black lifes matter crap, they were black for half of every day, I was only a young lad and went down to Wales to play Rugby, we had the pleasure of seeing Max Boyce and he sang this song , it has stuck with me for over 35 years
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Vents are probably that high to prevent accidental ignition when the main is being purged. If it goes wrong the results can be catastrophic, SGN's Engineers were badly hurt in this incident.
Do you know which gases the Comms Engineers are checking for? We monitor for 3 when working with sewage, Methane, Hydrogen Sulphide and Oxygen. H2S is heavier than air, and can also be explosive when mixed with air, methane is obviously explosive and wont support life in too high a concentration and an oxygen rich atmosphere can be dangerous.
Correct, and as it is a mains and service renewal program he wont be able to have an internal meter either
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