SOLUTIONS - The e-Newsletter from Gas Equipment Co., Inc. Dedicated to Delivering Technology with Knowledge and Experience to Maximize our Customer's People, Operations, and Profitability! |
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In This Issue:
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Follow Us on LinkedIn - Gas Equipment TV - The GEC YouTube Channel - History of GEC Video
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MINUTE MAN Tank Anchors & The NFPA 58 Regulations for Flood Zones
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GEC Employment Opportunity for Outside Sales Representative
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RegO Spring TRAINING Webinar Series: Bulk Storage Installations & Transport and Domestic Propane Installations
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RegO Field Topic: Multiport Maintenance Guide
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RegO Servicemans Field App Update with NEW Features
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RegO Regulators - 100% MADE IN AMERICA
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GEC 2021 RegO Regulator Program
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LTSGA - NEW PRODUCT - Liquid Transfer Sight Glass Adapter
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GEC VAPORIZER INSTALLATION Quick Reference Guide & Vaporizers - Ransome & Algas, plus Commercial/Industrial Regulators
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GEC Propane Dispensing System - A Total Package
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Introducing EZ-Link Office - A Customer Fuel Delivery & Truck Automation Middleware to integrate with off-the-shelf Accounting Software
- Now Available - ONLINE Catalogs: GEC FULL-COLOR V9 LPG/NH3 Products Catalog & NEW GEC NH3/Anhydrous Ammonia Products catalog
- Thought for the Month
- Virtual Warehouse - Online Ordering & Account Access
- Training Curricula
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Dear Valued Customer:
In 2020, Gas Equipment Company is celebrating our 83rd year of providing in-process, transfer, and control equipment from the processing plant & refinery to transports to bulk storage's to bobtails to residential applications, commercial, industrial and dispensing applications for the LPG industry. We view our relationship with our customers as a partnership. And, in a partnership both parties work together toward shared goals. And we will continue to do everything we can to exceed your expectations and build upon our partnership. We appreciate your business and will continue to work hard to earn it.
Gas Equipment Company is pleased to provide the Solutions e-Newsletter as a service to share useful & valuable information about the products & services we offer. And, PLEASE feel free to communicate with us to request additional information on featured products, articles, technical discussions and with recommended topics or questions you would like to see addressed in this forum.
Thank you for your patronage.
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FOLLOW the GEC Company Page on LinkedIn for exciting and informative new product announcements. Also, follow our various employee personal pages for important information that they will be sharing routinely in their operating areas. |
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Gas Equipment TV
Access & view instructional videos from us & our key product manufacturers demonstrating proper installation, maintenance, & repair to support our customers & their service technicians.
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The History of
Gas Equipment Company VIDEO
timeline.
We are Proud of our Heritage, and Focused on Your Future!
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It's Spring
The Rain is Coming
Are Your Customer's Tanks Ready for the Floods &
Are You Complying with the
NFPA 58 Regulations for
Propane Tank Anchorage?
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Don't Let This Happen to Your Customers! |
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NFPA 58 contains various regulations requiring propane tank anchorage in a variety of applications that apply to aboveground tanks, underground tanks, and cylinders. Locations for regulatory compliance with the use of anchors includes cylinders and tanks installed in flood prone areas, located on a floor, roof, or balcony to prevent falling over the edge, installed in high wind load areas, and to meet certain seismic criteria. Tank anchoring is a regulatory compliance requirement; but it, can also be marketed to customers as a risk management tool to reduce expense in the event of a flood or other event that may disrupt their tank and piping causing significant repair costs.
NFPA 58 Section 6.8.1.6 (2017 edition) requires securely anchoring a tank to prevent flotation due to possible high flood waters around aboveground or mounded containers, or high water tables for those underground and partially underground.
Due to these regulatory requirements and an increased number of designated flood plains; authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) have begun enforcing propane anchoring requirements.
This creates opportunity for Marketers.
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Propane Tank Anchoring systems and equipment from Minute Man Products, Inc. a manufacturer of propane tank anchoring systems.
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The two most COMMON TANK ANCHORING EXAMPLES (horizontal domestic tank & vertical domestic tank) are demonstrated with photos at the top of the flyer along with a common material list for those two types of installations. |
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The INSTALLATION TOOLS section of our flyer lists the anchor drive machine and auger adapter to electrically drive the augers. It is powered by a 120 volt AC (9 amps) 1/2HP motor with 11.8 RPMS. It incorporates an On/Off with Forward/Reverse, and a 90 day limited warranty against manufacturer defects.
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The TANK ANCHOR PARTS section of our flyer lists common equipment along with the Part Number (and lengths of bulk materials).
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CLICK the Read More Button for a copy of the GEC Minute Man Tank Anchor flyer with Tank Anchor Parts & Installation Tools, along with recommended material lists.
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The Minute Man Products website lists reference materials including Installation manuals, guides, engineering data to support regulatory compliance, soil testing procedures, and products.
CLICK the Video Image to view the Minute Man Anchoring system Video on the Gas Equipment Company, You Tube Channel.
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Enthusiastic, resilient, out-going, authentic, passionate and inspiring?
Raise your hand if that's you.
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Gas Equipment Company is hiring an Outside Sales Representative for Territories in Ohio, Kentucky, & South Indiana.
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RegO Spring Webinar Training Series Thru May |
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During the months of April, & May; RegO will be conducting the Spring Webinar Series of online training classes consisting of 14 different presentations with two-time options for a total of 28 sessions. |
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All RegO Marketers are welcome to register to participate in the spring training sessions. RegO will be covering multiple applications and products for two main types of installations: 1) Bulk Storage Installations & Transport and 2) Domestic Propane Installations. |
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
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Each event will be limited to 300 participants.
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To Register for any session, email Creeves@RegOproducts.com
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Provide your Name, Company Information, Date, and Time slot of the session(s) you want to register for.
CLICK the button below or the image for the list of sessions, dates, & times (shown in EST) for 28 sessions.
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RegO ® Field Topics April-2021
Multiport Device Maintenance Guide
Multiport® Device
Suggested Maintenance Guide
MultiPort® Pressure Relief Valve Manifold Assemblies are designed for continuous, uninterrupted service on pressurized storage containers with flanged openings. Since these MultiPort® Manifold Assemblies are exposed to the environment, regular inspections and maintenance are required. The following suggested schedule will help to keep the MultiPort® in operating condition.
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- Repair Kit # 8560-50 contains the required parts to overhaul and rebuild these manifolds.
- For additional information, consult Catalog L-500 and Warning Bulletin 8545-500 on Pressure Relief Valves.
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New Features on the app…
- New pipe sizing calculator - polyethylene tube or pipe at 11” water column
- Added Maximum btu load to the pipe sizing calculator results
- Updated Propane Regulator selector with our latest regulators and cut sheets
- Added Regulator Performance Curve Selector.
- Added Relief Valve SCFM air calculator for LPG & NH3 cylinders
- Added RegO’s Field Topics section – Field Topics are to be released monthly…
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RegO Serviceman's App Update - 2021 |
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If you demand American quality, it pays to learn the facts.
“Designed” or “Tested” in America is just not the same as Made in America. At RegO, 100% of the LPG regulators are designed, manufactured and tested in North Carolina by U.S. workers.
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American innovation
RegO sets the standard for years of dependable performance, lower costs, fewer service calls, and more satisfied end users.
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- 100% designed in America for more than 110 years.
- 100% of components Made in America. Quality starts with quality parts.
- 100% assembled in America.
- 100% testing done in our North Carolina facility.
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2021 GEC Regulator Program |
15 Models featured in the program.
Discounted pricing for as few as One regulator & even more $avings when purchased in Case Quantities!
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New Product Offering
Part Number: LTSGA
Liquid Transfer Sight Glass Adapter
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The LTSGA is a Male ACME by Female ACME adapter that incorporates a two-sided sight glass allowing view of the liquid transfer operation. Using the LTSGA for liquid transfer while using the Ventur-Evac, Krug compressor, or any liquid transfer operation; you can view when all liquid has been transferred and vapor begins appearing. This observation will help prevent damaging liquid transfer equipment and reduces operation time, helping with labor costs.
CLICK THE PLAY ICON FOR VIDEO DEMONSTRATING UTILIZATION OF THE LTSGA.
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GEC is a Master Distributor of both Algas & Ransome vaporizer products. At GEC we have the experience to meet your high energy LP Vaporizer and LPG Air Mixer needs with 80+ years’ experience with vaporizers, mixers and high capacity gas regulators and systems. We are the #1 distributor of RANSOME vaporizers in the US. We also carry Algas vaporizers and a full line of regulators to supply these systems. No BTU load is too large! We sell and assist customers with large commercial air mix systems and stand-by systems.
Contact one of our Branch Locations or Sales Representatives for support in sizing an appropriate vaporizer for your vapor service applications.
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Underground Tank Anode Test Decal
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Gas Equipment Company introduces the New Anode Test Decal to document cathodic protection system tests.
As your delivery drivers and service technicians are servicing your customer’s underground tanks; will they know when it’s time to perform the NFPA 58 required cathodic protection system tests? According to the LP-Gas Code, the sacrificial anode must be tested upon installation, again 12 to 18 months after the initial test, and at intervals not to exceed 36 months thereafter.
Gas Equipment Company has developed an embossable aluminum decal for Marketers to apply to UG tanks to provide documentation as to when the last test had been conducted on a UG tank. These decals can be embossed using a ballpoint pen with the pressure leaving a permanent impression of the information entered.
For easy access and viewing the decal can be applied to the backside of the UG tank ID tag or on the dome; both locations will allow for additional marking of the second and third test results. In addition to marking the date & test results, you can mark to identify how many anodes were installed, the size of the anodes, and the specific location in relation to the tank. Plus, you can document if the tank has been di-electrically isolated.
Contact your Gas Equipment Company representative or office today to place your order for these new Anode Test decals.
Ask for part number UG-ANODE-TEST.
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GEC Propane
Dispensing System
-A Total Package-
Set, Connect the Electrical, Fill the Tank - You're Ready to Start Dispensing!
Can be designed for either CYLINDER or AUTOGAS Dispensing or BOTH!
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EZ-LINK OFFICE
EZ-Link Office is a customer fuel delivery, truck automation and A/R software that integrates with off-the-shelf accounting packages such as QuickBooks and SAGE. Many of our customers use these economical off-the-shelf accounting systems to run their business and these systems do not offer a means to manage fuel deliveries for their customers. EZ-Link Office is the Middleware that communicates with the trucks computing systems and the back office accounting systems. EZ-Link Office is cloud based and the data is stored at a secure data center. Because it’s cloud based and written with tools that make it usable on tablets and cell phones, it will allow the customer to run their business from anywhere.
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The full-color GEC, LP-Gas & Anhydrous Ammonia Equipment Catalog presented in PDF format with active contents links. |
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The full-color GEC, NH3 Anhydrous Ammonia Equipment Catalog
presented in PDF format with active contents links.
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Thoughts or Laughs for the Month |
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Optical illusions, or visual illusions, are defined by “the dissociation between the physical reality and the subjective perception of an object or event.” When we experience an optical illusion, we often see something that is not there or fail to see something that is there.
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Before reading the following joke; I must offer my apologies to all blondes for posting this laugh for the month. I apologize and am still LMAO. BTW, my wife is blonde, and I adore her.
A blonde cop pulled over a blonde lady for speeding on a highway. The cop asked the driver for her driver's license, and she asked, "what's that?" The cop replied, "You know - it's that squarish thingy with your picture on it."
The driver reaches for her purse, finds a small mirror, looks in it, and then hands it to the cop. After looking at it, the cop handed it to the driver, saying, "OK, you can go. I didn't know you were a cop."
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My neighbor a school teacher shared this with me about one of her students, who is a son of a parent employed in the propane industry:
The question presented to students was, "Why are days longer in the summer and shorter in the winter?"
The student answered, "Heat makes objects expand and cold makes them contract!"
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I decided this Spring I would go to the Gym. While I was there, I saw some idiot put a water bottle in the Pringles holder on the treadmill!
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Access your GEC Account or place orders 24/7/365 when you login to our online warehouse! |
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Activate your GEC Account for WEB ORDER ENTRY (WOE)*. You'll be issued a confidential user I.D. and password that will allow you to order on your schedule.
Click "Order Online" to get started.
*All registrants must have a current account with GEC in good standing before the WOE account can be activated.
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Click for a PDF of GEC Training Curricula listing
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Sincerely,
Gas Equipment Company
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11616 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas,
TX 75229
(800) 821-1829
(972) 241-2333
e-newsletter@gasequipment.com
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