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Tom517

join:2006-07-13
Greenville, SC
reply to keyboard5684
Re: Plastic gas pipes

Actually the wire is there so the gasline can be located with metal detectors.


vpoko
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join:2003-07-03
Jamaica Plain, MA

said by Tom517 See Profile :

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!"


printscreen

join:2003-11-01
Juana Diaz, PR
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said by vpoko See Profile :

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.

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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