The Silver Streak E-mail ListArchive Files[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [SilverStreak] replacing steel piping with copper
Jason, Copper, especially then, and now, is expensive. It was not used. Steel is also resistant to rocks and other failure that the soft copper is not. You can change to copper. I do it all the time on forklift new installations. There is only slight pressure on the lines anyway, since pressure is regulated at the bottle. Never use copper with Natural Gas, as a reaction occurs to the copper causing a shedding and plugging up of the systems. Your steel lines will not internally fail with propane. If there is no external failure, there is no benefit to making a change. If rusty, simply liberally paint with any aluminum paint and you need not prep before painting with aluminum paint. You can check for line integrity, at many times the possible leak operating pressure. If you want to do that, let me know. -Eddie- Houston, TX
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