Bobcat
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join:2001-02-04
Bedminster, NJ | reply to ARGONAUT
Re: Plastic gas pipes
I found out that plastic gas pipes are supposed to have a wire running alongside them, so the utility location folks can find the line. They must be using the wire to send the signal. |
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keyboard5684
join:2001-08-01
Youngsville, PA | They have a wire for grounding out electricity that builds up from gas moving through the pipe. Gas moving through gas lines creates electricity and needs dissipated. |
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Tom517
join:2006-07-13
Greenville, SC | Actually the wire is there so the gasline can be located with metal detectors. |
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vpoko
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join:2003-07-03
Jamaica Plain, MA
| said by Tom517  :Actually the wire is there so the gasline can be located with metal detectors. Ehh? Why would they want people locating them with metal detectors? "Ooh, I think I found a treasure, better get a pick axe and dig it up!" |
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printscreen
join:2003-11-01
Juana Diaz, PR
 ·Choice Cable TV
 ·Coqui/PRTC
| said by vpoko :Ehh? Why would they want people locating them with metal detectors? For the service people to find the exact location of the pipe without digging. This is done with water pipes also but I have seen them using a metallic tape similar to the one placed above buried power and telephone lines instead of a wire. |
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Tom517
join:2006-07-13
Greenville, SC | reply to vpoko
It's actually not that easy to find with the average metal detector; which is why, most of the time, they put an RF signal on the wire.  |
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