Re: [SilverStreak] replacing steel piping with copper

["Eddie" <Eddie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jason,
A little embarrassed here. I should know the pressure on the LPG system 
lines. I am required to know. But I forget. I think is 5 ounces but could be 
less. Natural gas in your home is pressured at 5 ounces.

Realize the pressure of 5 ounces is less than an inflated party balloon. 
You'd just about have to have a fractured line or one really rusted thru to 
get a leak. Propane is basically dry and clean as far as damage to the 
inside of any piping. Exceptions are rescued coaches with lines exposed to 
years of weather. The steel lines cannot be galvanized as that will cause 
debris problems for LPG and LNG. So the inside of the steel pipe is bare and 
raw. The outside black paint never was more than "barely there".

So just dust off your lines with a stiff brush, nothing more. Liberally keep 
painted with shiny aluminum paint. The paint IS actual aluminum and will 
soak thru dirt, rust, and into threads. Aluminum soon oxidizes, stopping 
rust very well. Everything plant and oil field is painted with aluminum for 
a reason and it's not for the color. So paint the pipes. It will look good 
and you will fell better.

Think you have a leak? Just mix a 50/50 solution of soap and water. Apply 
that to any suspect joint or bad area and watch for bubbles. Do that after 
painting because the fresh painted pipes reveal all bad or suspect spots. I 
seriously doubt pipes not struck by whatever got under the trailer would 
need any replacement.
-Eddie-
Houston, TX