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Breaking the law legally.
gondolier88:
Uninsured drivers alover again, but lets not go there!!! >>:-( :}
Greg
sheerline:
Good job the Police don't look in here occasionally eh? ;)
Colin H:
TT, PLEASE listen to Greg he does not overstate the danger. Air in a gas pipe/main is as dangerous as it gets instead of pure gas you now have a highly volatile explosive mixture.
Many years ago 1964 or there abouts I along with others was called to the site of an explosion where a mains installation gang had got it wrong. They were purging a newly installed main of the gas/air mixture and the flash arresters failed. The mixture in the main exploded lifting 400yards of 10 inch cast iron main out of the trench. One man died and two others were badly hurt.
If your man lives near any of your family report him NOW before he kills someone.
Colin H.
craftysod:
As i work for the gas industry,we had a similar incident.
They were purging the main with air,to clear the gas and the flash arrester failed,
Luckily nobody was hurt but the result was not so nice.
Recently a sub contractor,blew up and killed a few people.
So the answer is leave all ulities alone or you may end up dead
Mark
boatmadman:
I went to a safety demo in Northumbria last year. A full size containor with one end cut off and covered in polythene sealed with tape.
1 kg of gas was then injected into the containor and ignited.
We were watching from about 250m away, the blast shockwave made us all stagger backwards.
I work in a gas fired power station and didnt fully appreciate the power of gas until this demo, so I say:
NEVER mess with gas!
Ian
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