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    Another gas line plumbing safety question

    Propane Limits of Flammability - The lower and upper limits of flammability are the percentages of propane that must be present in an propane/air mixture. This means that between 2.15 and 9.6% of the total propane/air mixture must be propane in order for it to be combustible. If the mixture is...
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    Does anyone use ventless heaters for their garage?

    I hope your smell is not aldehydes . Don't forget that c,o detectors have expiration dates .
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    Door switch for thermostat?

    What about the blower door switch ? Just add one to your garage door .
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    Mr Heater Natural Gas heater install

    I would make sure you have all the proper clearances from combustibles .
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    Moisture in Nat gas lne freezing

    I also am a service tech for a natural gas company and gas turns to liquid by cooling it to approximately −162 °C (−260 °F) . I think you have corrosion in your pipe or a cracked fitting and it is making contact with the air thus causing freezing but you should smell the mercaptan in the gas...
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    House HVAC - Smart to block off an upstairs/downstairs inlet for max efficiency?

    Where is your thermostat ? Upstairs or downstairs ? Assuming you have 1 heater .
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    Rinnai water heaters and tankless in general

    Something to think about is do you have to upgrade from a 3" vent to a 4" high temp vent ? A 40 gallon water heater with a tank will burn around 50'000 BTU an hour where a tankless will burn around 250'000 BTU an hour so how much will you save ? I would definitely get a tank less over a F.V.I.R...
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    Plumbing two 100 gallon Propane tanks

    Don't use black iron pipe under ground it will cored . I would use fletcher coat or PE (Polyethylene) gas line .
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    Plumbing two 100 gallon Propane tanks

    I would think they are 100 gallon tanks the use what is called water column to determine the delivery pressure after the regulator on most residential it is commercial or big residential with a big T.C.H (total connected load) that use pound sets . I think he said the heater is 75,000 BTU that...
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    Plumbing two 100 gallon Propane tanks

    Don't use black iron pipe under ground it will cored . I would use fletcher coat or PE (Polyethylene) gas line .
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