Your thoughts on bonding this gas pipe

[davesparks]

I've broken my blowlamp, will the gas axe be ok instead?

 

[Meggerman]

Blowlamp, burn the paint off.

Before you startshouting, think about it.

Thought about it. Blow lamp on a live gas pipe. Not the smartest of moves.

 

[ferg]

pis on the paint...

come back in a week

if your anything like the corrosive bastid that i am then it should work a treat...

If that's the case a quick look would blister the paint in no time.

 

[davesparks]

Maybe not, but it's an iron pipe, the gas is on the inside and the flame is on the outside. I don't think too much would happen if you tried it.

 

[Knobhead]

Thought about it. Blow lamp on a live gas pipe. Not the smartest of moves.

I said think about it.

Something you don't seem able to do.

 

[Meggerman]

I have. Justify yourself then.

 

[davesparks]

Well what exactly will happen if you do apply a blowlamp to a live iron gas pipe?

 

[Meggerman]

Well what exactly will happen if you do apply a blowlamp to a live iron gas pipe?

Probably nothing. However he is not gas safe or is qualified to work near gas. A gas distribution company would throw the book at him.

 

[GMES]

Remember playing and lighting the bunsen burners at school and i am still alive

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Thought about it. Blow lamp on a live gas pipe. Not the smartest of moves.

no oxygen in the gas pipe for the gas to burn...

not the smartest of answers from you was it....lol...

 

[uksparks]

Look, I'll just get the grinder out and cut it off at the floor and put a bit of silicone in the hole to stop the smell. Problem solved.

 

[Knobhead]

Probably nothing. However he is not gas safe or is qualified to work near gas. A gas distribution company would throw the book at him.

Wonder why I keep that bit of paper with Gas Safe written on it?

I can also work on HP distribution.

Care to rethink?

 

[davesparks]

Probably nothing. However he is not gas safe or is qualified to work near gas. A gas distribution company would throw the book at him.

Very few of us are qualified to work near gas, but we all attach earth clamps to the pipes which pretty much as near as dammit.

Thankfully we all learned a bit of primary school physics though so know the answer.

 

[davesparks]

Once upon a time plumbers would locate small leaks in gas pipes by holding a match near the joints, the leaking gas would ignite and you'd get a little flame at the bad joint.

But then I wouldn't put anything past a determined plumber!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Once upon a time plumbers would locate small leaks in gas pipes by holding a match near the joints, the leaking gas would ignite and you'd get a little flame at the bad joint.

But then I wouldn't put anything past a determined plumber!

escaping gas under pressure will just burn/flare..

its the inert gas..... thats the dangerous stuff

thats what a drop test is all about....

 

[ferg]

Remind me why something inert is dangerous

 

[davesparks]

Depends which definition of inert you use.

Inert - not moving or inert - chemically inactive

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Remind me why something inert is dangerous

its like a lingerin fart innit....

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Depends which definition of inert you use.

Inert - not moving or inert - chemically inactive

well...if the inert gas is pre-mixed with oxygen....then its much more dangerous than just inert gas on its own....

 

[ferg]

I'm happy to be guided by you Glenn

My assumption was that inert gasses were somewhat inert.