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, Sep 14, 2018, 10:55 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > 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: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Massachusettes Gas situation > > 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 the CNG tank the > > compressor kicked on. When it kicked on the compressor sucked all the > gas > > out of the mains in the entire downtown area. > > > > Maybe something similar happened. Seems unlikely though with the large > > area. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 8:35 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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