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Cannot turn gas meter back on after shutting it off MagellanTX 05-17-2006
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Posted by on May 17, 2006, 9:38 pm
Hello, I had to shut off my gas at the meter in order to replace a hot
water tank. However I cannot seem to get the gas back on. When I turn
the valve I can hear the regulator pressuring up but nothing is getting
through the meter itself. Is there some kind of safety built in so home
owner cannot turn their gas back on? Does anyone know how to reset it?

Thanks!!


Posted by Doug Miller on May 17, 2006, 9:55 pm
MagellanTX@hotmail.com wrote:
>Hello, I had to shut off my gas at the meter in order to replace a hot
>water tank. However I cannot seem to get the gas back on. When I turn
>the valve I can hear the regulator pressuring up but nothing is getting
>through the meter itself. Is there some kind of safety built in so home
>owner cannot turn their gas back on? Does anyone know how to reset it?

If you don't have a current demand for gas (i.e. some appliance actually
burning it, or, God forbid, a leak) there won't be any gas moving through the
meter. Water heater gas control valves shut off the gas to the burner when the
pilot goes out -- which it certainly did when you turned off the gas. So turn
the valve all the way to the open position and go light the pilot on your
water heater. I predict all will be fine.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Posted by on May 17, 2006, 10:01 pm
Thank you for the reply. When I cannot relight any of my pilots, when I
press the pilot button no gas comes out of any of the appliances. Also,
I turned the gas back off and removed the relief cap on my side of the
meter and slowly turned the gas back on. Again, I can hear the
regulator pressure up but nothing comes out of the open line on my side
of the meter. It's definitly not getting through the meter itself and I
don't know how to reset it. The meter is brand new and installed about
6 months ago.


Posted by Doug Miller on May 17, 2006, 10:26 pm
MagellanTX@hotmail.com wrote:
>Thank you for the reply. When I cannot relight any of my pilots, when I
>press the pilot button no gas comes out of any of the appliances. Also,
>I turned the gas back off and removed the relief cap on my side of the
>meter and slowly turned the gas back on. Again, I can hear the
>regulator pressure up but nothing comes out of the open line on my side
>of the meter. It's definitly not getting through the meter itself and I
>don't know how to reset it. The meter is brand new and installed about
>6 months ago.
>
Like I said... there isn't going to be gas flowing through the meter until
some appliance starts using it.

You probably aren't being patient enough when trying to light the pilots.
Opening up the piping system allows a fair amount of air into the lines, and
it takes a while to purge it.


--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Posted by Tony Hwang on May 17, 2006, 11:27 pm
MagellanTX@hotmail.com wrote:
> Thank you for the reply. When I cannot relight any of my pilots, when I
> press the pilot button no gas comes out of any of the appliances. Also,
> I turned the gas back off and removed the relief cap on my side of the
> meter and slowly turned the gas back on. Again, I can hear the
> regulator pressure up but nothing comes out of the open line on my side
> of the meter. It's definitly not getting through the meter itself and I
> don't know how to reset it. The meter is brand new and installed about
> 6 months ago.
>
Hi,
Wonder if regulator shut off occured. Right in the middle(center) of
regulator there is a big screwed in cap, unscrew it and see if the shut
off occured. Gently push that little brass button back in if it popped out.

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