Gas: Plastic Service Lines
December 11th, 2024 | Damage Prevention, Education, Natural Gas, SU Online Locator Training Curriculum
The main way to distinguish a plastic service (Figure 57) from a steel service is the presence of a tracer wire. Plastic services cannot be located with traditional locating equipment. So at the time of construction, a metallic, usually copper, insulated wire is installed with the plastic pipe so that it can be located (Figure […]
