Re: [SilverStreak] replacing steel piping with copper

["Jason Parks" <jjparks@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Eddie! I was hoping you'd respond! -- I always appreciate your 
comments and advice -- plus the time you invest in providing wisdom to the 
hundreds of questions on the list.
Jason

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eddie" <Eddie@Huffstetter.com>
To: <sslist@tompatterson.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 10:34 PM
Subject: 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
>