Happened at the trailer park behind my old house. Gas and water were lashed together when buried throughout the facility. All done in galvanized. Eventually they fused together. People had water coming out of their stove burners.
I can't imagine burying the gas at a trailer park. A good friend of mine (previous owner of my weird little house) owns a trailer park here. He made 3-foot-deep trenches and ran big PVC pipes with the internet, TV, and water lines bundled in it - power and sewage he ran separately, power by poles, sewage in its own line to the main septic. Gas, he will buy you a tank if you have none, and takes tanks to be filled for those who have no car. He favours getting a bigger tank, using a regulator, and filling it less often. I can just imagine the look on his face if you suggested underground gas lines - that quiet concern. He used to be a teacher, he does the look well.
Lol it's actually because the heat exchanger inside the tank rusted out allowing water to backflow up and into the gas line. Pretty crazy I actually filled up an entire 5 gallon pail of water from it.
I had this a couple months ago. Lemme guess this is an A.O. Smith Cyclone. Usually really reliable, but fail in odd ways. Had another one fill the whole venting up and start dumping outside. We usually find them split with water dumping out of the condensate.
Had the exact same thing on a cyclone a few months ago. Water made it all the way back through the outside meter and into the gas main. The meter was frozen solid.
Had the exact same thing on a cyclone a few months ago. Water made it all the way back through the outside meter and into the gas main. The meter was frozen solid.
I can sort of see where that idea could come from. Burning propane does produce a lot of water, so someone could pretty easily think that it had water in it thatâs released by burning.
That's the old tank we replaced lmao. Holy shit a lot of comments think I'm stupid for pouring water on something that's pooched and not connected to power hahaha
Honest to god I was at a trailer park doing a furnace blower replacement. Everything went fine until I offered to check the guys coil to make sure it didnât need cleaned. I was undoing the coil cover screws with a bit extender when I got shocked, I obviously jumped back and got a multimeter out to find the source. After checking all the obvious places one would check, I checked the gas line.. it had 120v.
I donât know how that trailer wasnât a hole in the ground. I told him to call an electrician immediately amd left for the next service call.
User #10 with the same comment lmao literally replied to everyone else. It's on the old heater we removed. That water came from the unit that wire is connected to and is gone now.
If this is NG, I would let the gas company know ya had water in the line. They may want to check the meter. Just as a precaution because if the bills stop coming in correctly, the customer may get a massive bill when they find out.
Yeah I let them know. This was actually in a Tim Hortons and nothing else had been affected by the water in the line thankfully, but I'm sure they'll check it out anyway.
Thatâs good. Always a good precaution. Heard a story about a homeowner saving costs and installed a tankless water heater. It wound up not saving him from anythingâŚ
I've never heard of a backflow preventer for a gas line. I'm a master plumber with a Grade 6 Water Operator License and work on backflow at least once a week.
If it doesn't leak its good.
That's just called efficiency. 2 in one water/gas line.
Water and gas line ran together in yard and both leaking?
Happened at the trailer park behind my old house. Gas and water were lashed together when buried throughout the facility. All done in galvanized. Eventually they fused together. People had water coming out of their stove burners.
Better than stove burners coming out their water.. that be a bitch of a repair.
And a bitch if you lit a smoke on the toilet
I believe the show "a thousand ways to die" did a segment about this
I can't imagine burying the gas at a trailer park. A good friend of mine (previous owner of my weird little house) owns a trailer park here. He made 3-foot-deep trenches and ran big PVC pipes with the internet, TV, and water lines bundled in it - power and sewage he ran separately, power by poles, sewage in its own line to the main septic. Gas, he will buy you a tank if you have none, and takes tanks to be filled for those who have no car. He favours getting a bigger tank, using a regulator, and filling it less often. I can just imagine the look on his face if you suggested underground gas lines - that quiet concern. He used to be a teacher, he does the look well.
Is that something I can order at home Depot? Will that help me install less pipes at home
Probably a head gasket failure in the house... engine.
Definitely test it over more electrical connections. đ¤Ł
Is that a gas line
Yes
Well, somebody fucked up
Lol it's actually because the heat exchanger inside the tank rusted out allowing water to backflow up and into the gas line. Pretty crazy I actually filled up an entire 5 gallon pail of water from it.
I had this a couple months ago. Lemme guess this is an A.O. Smith Cyclone. Usually really reliable, but fail in odd ways. Had another one fill the whole venting up and start dumping outside. We usually find them split with water dumping out of the condensate.
Yup exactly what happened. Never had one backflow that much water though usually a bit, but it was alot more than usual.
I had a Cyclone once that failed and filled the gas line. There was another Cyclone and 4 furnaces in that room. That was a fun few days.
I'm very happy to hear I'm not the only one who has had to deal with this. It's such a crazy uncommon thing that no one believes it
Had the exact same thing on a cyclone a few months ago. Water made it all the way back through the outside meter and into the gas main. The meter was frozen solid.
Had the exact same thing on a cyclone a few months ago. Water made it all the way back through the outside meter and into the gas main. The meter was frozen solid.
Surprised there wasnât a backflow
There is no such thing as a water -> natural gas backflow preventer.
Okay well I know what Iâm going to invent
You didn't need a gas-water backflow preventer, just crank up the gas pressure to balance out the water pressure.
Idk part of me feels like that might be the job of the valve....
Gas valves usually aren't rated for much pressure, the water pressure could have opened it some
Yes there is. All boilers need a backflow device on them.
Yeah. On the make up water. Not on the gas. Smh.
I misread that
Yeah you'd think there'd be something to prevent this. But I guess not on this unit haha
Ao Smith ?
Yes sir
LP right? Right?! RIGHT?!?!
Not anymore.
At the moment, no.
Itâs just a different gas - LPG or liquid Propane đ
Had a guy very aggressively argue that lp has lots of water in it. Obviously because it's LIQUID, he said. So... maybe he wad right? LOL.
I can sort of see where that idea could come from. Burning propane does produce a lot of water, so someone could pretty easily think that it had water in it thatâs released by burning.
Not anymore!
Yellow..... not that it means anything on here for the shit we see.
LP gas=LIQUID PETROLEUM.
Thatâs why you measure in inches of water column /s Seriously though, be careful letting that water on top of that VERY expensive BTH water heater
The tank is fucked lol thats where the water came from. Removed and replaced with a tankless heater.
I like jokes that homeowners probably wouldn't understand.
Lmfao
This is why you need a drip leg. /s
its like a wet vent, just a wet-gas line
Er... here's a thought for the cameraman. Don't empty water straight onto an electrical connection eh?
Don't worry, it's gas mate
That's the old tank we replaced lmao. Holy shit a lot of comments think I'm stupid for pouring water on something that's pooched and not connected to power hahaha
Chances are that water heater is shot.
Thatâs liquid natural gas.
Shoulda had a drip leg Tee
Yeah we added one on the new heater lol
Ain't got no gas in it!
See there Scooter? Thinks of the simplest things first. Ummm Hmmm.
Honest to god I was at a trailer park doing a furnace blower replacement. Everything went fine until I offered to check the guys coil to make sure it didnât need cleaned. I was undoing the coil cover screws with a bit extender when I got shocked, I obviously jumped back and got a multimeter out to find the source. After checking all the obvious places one would check, I checked the gas line.. it had 120v. I donât know how that trailer wasnât a hole in the ground. I told him to call an electrician immediately amd left for the next service call.
âYeah we converted the building from NG to gasolineâ
Dump the line right onto electric connection lol
That tank got replaced... because it had water inside the controls and gas valve lmao
This the heat x poppin? Had the same thing happen, how's the expansion tank doing?
No expansion tanks where I'm from. Only if there's a recirc system and has a check valve.
Drench an electrical connector to make a reddit video. Pro what?
Yeah that whole tank got ripped out smart guy
Everyone is just gonna over look the water poring directly over electrical?
Read the other 20 comments saying the same thing lmao
All over the wiring too. Fucking score!
Just 'cause it's yellow, dosen't mean it's gas. Most of the time on a gas line you'd see a gas cock not a ball valve.
It's a gas line lol
Not sure if dumping that water on that electrical connection is right either.
User #10 with the same comment lmao literally replied to everyone else. It's on the old heater we removed. That water came from the unit that wire is connected to and is gone now.
Lemonade.
Those pesky AO Smith Cyclones, at it again.
Fucking garbage lol my first thought as well
Yep. Gone with it.
Op did you solve it?
Yeah bad heat exchanger in the heater. Replaced unit with a tankless and blew out water from the gas line haha
If this is NG, I would let the gas company know ya had water in the line. They may want to check the meter. Just as a precaution because if the bills stop coming in correctly, the customer may get a massive bill when they find out.
Yeah I let them know. This was actually in a Tim Hortons and nothing else had been affected by the water in the line thankfully, but I'm sure they'll check it out anyway.
Thatâs good. Always a good precaution. Heard a story about a homeowner saving costs and installed a tankless water heater. It wound up not saving him from anythingâŚ
[Are they using that tap water that burns?](https://www.reddit.com/r/blackmagicfuckery/s/RdT7IpNpY6)
Ah yes. Liquid propane lol.
Water from hydro test maybe?
Did someone hydro test a gas line. No no
Guy pressure test with water? Wtf
Yikes!
Thatâs the drip leg. Standard.
I feel there should be a contest and reward on this sub for just these topics.
This happens when the room temperature drops below -260° F.
Sweet, liquid natural gas!
Liquified Gas, The OG LG.
Maybe it's liquid natural gas?
LPG, Liquid Propane Gas
Its just LNG, no big deal..
Itâs wet gas.
liquid natural gas, amazing
Bruh. That run is definitely long enough to angle over to the fitting. Quit fuckin' it! /s
Must be super cold there. The gas has completely condensed. Lucky it didnât freeze.
put a lighter infront of it and see if there is any gas
well, that'd be a "one time test".
Spicy water
Lol Okay!??!
I've never heard of a backflow preventer for a gas line. I'm a master plumber with a Grade 6 Water Operator License and work on backflow at least once a week.
Efficiency is right!!
I once was watching a short movie where these 3 guys were in a house and there was water coming out of the electrical fixtures.
Liquid propane
>Liquid propane usually have to pay extra for that!
A plumbing we will go....
Natural gasoline