😂 me 2

hi, I hope you guys set up stuff before the outage and not saying hi to me in the dark. Stay safe guys! 😅

Same

Some of us, still with out power

@@edgar.s.merino5324 sorry to hear. That is crazy especially in the Texan heat. Hope you get your power back soon.

Thanks for commenting. I have Atmos and they state that "Atmos Energy does not maintain the natural gas lines on your property beyond our meter". As far as I understand, I'm responsible for everything after the meter. "Customer-owned natural gas lines include all the piping that goes from our natural gas meter to the appliances on your property." www.atmosenergy.com/safety/home-safety/

B.S. as long as he leaves the service port which he did all is good.

Glad it was helpful!

What the heck only 14 minutes??? Watching it now, lol. Thought it was one of those Gone With The Wind epics, lol.

I see you switched to dope, is this code down there?

Good video. Is your meter behind a gate? We have hooligans in town but my meter is out in the front yard area so my valve is behind a locked gate. It has a padlock options but not sure I will bother. OK, glad I clicked on the notification before I signed off! :)

All the other black iron fittings on my house have dope, so wanted to keep with that. I like tape as it is less messy, but for a permanent install (not on a hose or the generator), I felt it was appropriate to use dope. I don't think there is any codes requiring one over the other.

hey @mrrickychuck-OklahomaUSA, I was heading off to bed myself after shooting the video and uploading. :) So glad to hear that people find my videos helpful and that it has helped people - that's a big reason why I wanted to make them. Nice setup you have! Good luck finishing it all off! Thanks for your support! :)

He installed a ball valve just before the new T that holds the service port plug and the quick-disconnect. Why would he need another disconnect?

Yes, I actually was pretty surprised how simple it was after doing it. I thought it might have been more involved before I started doing the research. Thanks for commenting!

If you are homestead (aka you are the homeowner), it is legal to work on your own plumbing with the state. There may be permits you still need to obtain for your local city or county, so you should still look it up. I live outside of city limits so I was in the clear.

Well it is do incorrectly, what the Gas Company calls a Bozo No No.

Thanks for sharing that info and thanks for liking the video. When I got the pipe dope, the label said RectorSeal T Plus 2 was good for both water and natural gas. I don't think they sold this product in yellow. rectorseal.com/plumbing/pipe-joining/rectorseal-t-plus-2-group/?queryID=8f6e74e4f5692781bb1d6eab84b43151&objectID=4213&indexName=prod_us_default_products

@@jonathanDIYs you did just fine ..... either will work.

It definitely could have been just an elbow. I wanted to preserve the original functionality of the service tee. Using a tee allowed me to continue having a 3/4" service port available without having to take take off my quick disconnect setup.

200 people Did Die in the winter storm here in Houston a couple yrs ago!

Thanks for commenting. If I ever move out to a space with a few acres of land, I want to have a 250 or 500 gallon propane tank. I don't think they do buffer tanks for natural gas - it is all vapor, it isn't stored as a liquid afaik.

@@ammazabeth8765 please do research for your own jurisdiction. I unfortunately will not know what your jurisdiction allows or does not allow. As for my own jurisdiction, I live in the extra-territorial jurisdiction zone, so I was not bound to city permitting laws. In Texas, there are pretty generous laws that allow you to do work on your own home if it is your homestead and you own it. According to my research, the gas line after the meter is my own responsibility. The gas line is not owned by the utility company or the city after the meter. I am not a lawyer or an expert, this is just what I found from my research when I looked into whether I can do this. Please look into this for yourself for your specific situation.

Thanks for commenting. You're absolutely right. During an outage, I'm going to have to be choosing between AC or hot water, probably can't have both on at the same time. I consider this an acceptable tradeoff for the budget on this project and the relatively small amount of outages I get. If this was something I had to run on any regular basis though, having a proper flow rate would be important. Actually, my preference would probably be my own large propane storage tank. I could see scenarios where natural gas is also low or not available during an emergency.

@@gregm621 hi there, please watch my other video where I hook up my generator to the inlet port. I try to explain in as much detail as possible how I came up with the 3/4 inch calculations. The short summary is if I didn't have a 3/4 inch size, it wouldn't provide the maximum amount of fuel necessary to run my generator. I also installed the soft start system on my HVAC. I have a video on that too. Thanks for commenting!

you can get a reducing 1" to 3/4" or just run everything 1". Hope it worked out for you!

Thanks for commenting @jamesmaddox7565! I can't comment on this as different jurisdictions have different rules. I live in Texas which has pretty liberal rules for homeowners to do their own work. On top of this, I am outside of the city limits, which means I am not subject to permitting rules. You'll have to check with your local county, town, or city laws. That said, if you're hiring someone else to do this, yes they definitely should be a licensed plumber. You don't want to hire someone who doesn't know what they're doing. As far as I understand, it is illegal for general contractors to do this type of work for liability reasons. If you're doing this yourself, do the research to know exactly what you're doing, then double and triple check your work. It's a relatively simple job, but you need to educate yourself on how to safely do this before going forward with this.

This is a pretty tricky question. How far are you running the generator from the meter? How many BTU will your generator consume? I'm told that "Any nipple or other piece that is smaller in the system and then goes larger again is to be rated from the reduced piece onward. For instance, if a 1 inch pipe runs 30' then drops to 1/2" for 6" and then someone installed 3/4" pipe and ran an additional 40 feet, the 40 feet of 3/4" pipe would all be considered 1/2". You will never get more gas through the 3/4" pipe than will pass thorough the 1/2" nipple." www.uscarburetion.com/natural-gas-chart.htm So at least for calculations and ratings, you have to assume you're basically using a 1/2" pipe throughout the whole thing even if you run it at 3/4" afterwards. General rule is you get smaller from the source, you can't really get bigger and expect to get more volume or flow out of the bigger pipes after a smaller section. Another consideration is smaller diameter piping will be cheaper. If everything can run off a 1/2", you'll be saving money. If you truly need the 3/4" diameter, you're going to have to get the 1/2" replaced with a larger 3/4" tee or something like that.

Thanks for letting me know, I'll try that next time!

@@jonathanDIYs -- overall a very good video and I learned about inside parts vs outside parts!

I also would like to add that it is easier to tighten or loosen by pulling from the ground up instead of pushing towards the ground. Better and improved body mechanics just like the correct way to use the wrench.

I think this video was about how to install quick disconnect and not how to correctly use tooks.

@@maddog3768 -- we all benefit when people share their knowledge. likely no one benefited from your comment.

Hi John, yes, I used regular Rustolium paint (amzn.to/3Lyrqvt). It does not affect pipe sealant. Be sure to test for leaks before painting and you should be good to go.

A man has to have options... and hobbies, right? :-D Honestly, the blackouts hasn't been more than an hour or two since the big outage in 2021... but when it happens, I'm going to be ready. 😂

not really as good as professionaly done.

@@jonathanDIYs I see you made this comment 2 months ago. Were you in the Beryl-affected area? If so, I bed you ran it much longer than 1 or 2 hours!

Electrolysis requires water to be present for any corrosion to happen. The black iron pipe will be the one that will corrode, it will be pretty important for me to spray it with paint and keep the iron protected from getting water on it and leaking due to corrosion.

no it's fine the way it is.

Check the description of the video, I listed all the supplies.

It was a gas service port to begin with. By putting a tee, it can continue being a gas service port and whoever needs to hook something on it doesn't have to remove my stuff. Also, the quick adapter is heavy, I prefer the connection hanging downward and not horizontal. It probably doesn't make a difference, I don't think anyone would trip on it, but it did look neater to me at the time. Thanks for commenting!

did you not watch the video?

Thanks for commenting! I did burn the gas off at the stove. The flame is difficult to see on camera and the flame went out after a few seconds.

I'm in Austin, Texas, but I'm not a licensed plumber, just a home owner that likes sharing info.

it could plug an orifice.

😂 Thanks - cut me some slack - Plumbing is not my day job. 😂

So where do most installers connect the gas line on stand by generators that are installed next to gas meters?

dudes a troll there was nothing wrong with doing this. he could have used some gas rated teflon in junction with his pipe dope but even that's personal preference.@@Kevinw4040

I’m not a natural gas guy, but it looks like you did a lot of things incorrectly at the meter and I agree with the guy saying you may need a bigger gas meter in the winter time. You may not have enough volume to run the generator, your furnace and a hot water heater etc…

You're evidently a youtube tech, not a real one simply bc you're unaware that Jon is working on the residential side of the meter, not the utility company side. Anything after the residential lockout shut off is his responsibility. The piping from the utility company before the regulator has an additional shut off valve as that is how they replace the meter in the first place.

​@@no1but24Larger meter? No. There's a calculation for BTU consumption which 3/4 supply suffices for most homes. That's a 1" or more supply line from the city reducing down to 3/4 and even 1/2 in homes. They don't run bigger out of framing concerns and the cost associated with running bigger framing lumber for larger diameter lines. Residential NG can fuel dual furnaces in many homes which have two separate HVAC systems. Btw, the guy above doesn't know how to identify which side is utility and which side is residential at the meter.

10:30 and 11:14

Like the trained technician that left a gas leak on my stovetop that I had to fix myself? kzfaq.infoWMNHWnaXUwg I honestly have had bad experiences with "trained technicians". If you want it done right, you gotta do it yourself has unfortunately been my experience.

@@jonathanDIYs That's one bad technician, you should have reported them. Most states have a mandated licenced or certified technician.

@@jonathanDIYs For real. You aren't tapping into a gas main here. It's a 0.5 PSI residential connection. And it's outside! It either leaks, or it doesn't. This isn't rocket science. Btw, the white Oakley dope isn't "officially" for gas (they have a blue one that is), but everything I can find suggests it works just fine (they even say gasses up to 3,000 psi). I'm about to do the same thing, but I'll spend the 8 bucks to buy the blue stuff so it'll look like a "pro" did it.

@@jacobrobbins6181 Good luck - check for leaks and stay safe!