[AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation

2018-09-13 Thread Chuck McCown
Whadya wanna bet it was a huge over-pressure surge situation. At lease we will will probably never blow up someone’s house. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

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2018-09-13 Thread Chuck Macenski
That or an air pocket in the main that killed all of those old pilot lights? On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 8:35 PM Chuck McCown wrote: > Whadya wanna bet it was a huge over-pressure surge situation. > At lease we will will probably never blow up someone’s house. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.co

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2018-09-13 Thread Chuck McCown
Yeah, that is probably more likely. From: Chuck Macenski Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2018 7:36 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation That or an air pocket in the main that killed all of those old pilot lights? On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 8:35 PM Chuck

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2018-09-13 Thread Steve Jones
ski > *Sent:* Thursday, September 13, 2018 7:36 PM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation > > That or an air pocket in the main that killed all of those old pilot > lights? > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 8:35 PM Chuck McCown wrote: >

Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation

2018-09-14 Thread Lewis Bergman
I don't know. Several years ago AT&T put a CNG field turbine generator downtown. It had a compressor in front of it to do the compression. The first time it came on and ran long enough to empty the CNG tank the compressor kicked on. When it kicked on the compressor sucked all the gas out of the ma

Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation

2018-09-14 Thread Robert
They are mentioning a problem with a high-pressure main... On 9/14/18 4:04 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: I don't know. Several years ago AT&T put a CNG field turbine generator downtown. It had a compressor in front of it to do the compression.  The first time it came on and ran long enough to empty

Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation

2018-09-14 Thread chuck
I think it is more plausible that the system lost pressure, pilot lights went out and then pressure came back. -Original Message- From: Robert Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 6:12 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation They are mentioning a

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2018-09-14 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 9/13/18 7:49 PM, Steve Jones wrote: I don't know how big this gas outfit is, but it's hard to believe they'll financially recover even with insurance. Easy, just raise rates. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

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2018-09-14 Thread Adam Moffett
Oh I dunno, I'd bet whoever insures a gas company has the common sense to think about gas explosions. On 9/14/2018 1:23 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote: On 9/13/18 7:49 PM, Steve Jones wrote: I don't know how big this gas outfit is, but it's hard to believe they'll financially recover even with insur

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2018-09-16 Thread Chris Fabien
ore plausible that the system lost pressure, pilot lights > went out and then pressure came back. > > -Original Message- > From: Robert > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2018 6:12 AM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation > > T

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2018-09-16 Thread Chuck McCown
Yeah, now that I think of it, they all do. From: Chris Fabien Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 8:42 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation Most appliances would have a thermocouple to disable the main valve in event of loss of pilot

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2018-09-16 Thread Robert
bject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation Most appliances would have a thermocouple to disable the main valve in event of loss of pilot. I've seen over-pressure mentioned in several news articles. Will be interesting to read the final report if it's ever made public. On Fri, S

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2018-09-16 Thread Chuck McCown
I keep track... -Original Message- From: Robert Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 9:33 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation I hate to correct Chuck, because 9 times out of 10 I am wrong, so I just don't point those out... On 9/16/18 8:

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2018-09-16 Thread info
I knew it!  You have a list! On 09/16/2018 08:44 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: I keep track... -Original Message- From: Robert Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 9:33 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation I hate to correct Chuck, because 9 times out of

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2018-09-16 Thread Chuck McCown
Yep, my wife has 4 points. -Original Message- From: i...@avantwireless.com Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 10:48 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation I knew it! You have a list! On 09/16/2018 08:44 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: I keep track

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2018-09-16 Thread Jeremy
sage- > From: i...@avantwireless.com > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 10:48 AM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation > > I knew it! You have a list! > > > On 09/16/2018 08:44 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > I keep trac

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2018-09-16 Thread Jeremy
: > >> Yep, my wife has 4 points. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: i...@avantwireless.com >> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2018 10:48 AM >> To: af@af.afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation >>

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2018-09-17 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 9/14/18 10:27 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: Oh I dunno, I'd bet whoever insures a gas company has the common sense to think about gas explosions. I would expect the insurer to increase their rate after a claim like this though. And surely the gas company won't just eat the rate increase, it'll g