What Makes It Work? #32 GASOMETER gasworks TUBALCAIN

[@modtwentyeight]

76 years later and I now know how they worked. THANK YOU Mr. Pete. Great demo.

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@R13-m2c]

A common operating pressure for natural gas appliances is around 7 inches of water column (WC) or re-stating this in equivalent measure, that's 14.9 millibars or 1743 Pascals or Pa, or about 0.25 psi (pounds per square inch) or about 4 ounces of pressure per square inch.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, I hope other people read this

[@briantaylor9266]

Extending that a bit, the cross sectional area of the bucket is roughly 100 square inches. So a weight on top of about 100 X 0.25 = 25 lb or more would stop the bucket from rising. If the inner bucket is prevented from rising, then as gas enters it will force the water outside the bucket up until the water level outside is equal to 7 inches above the water level inside. It's easy enough to measure your actual household gas pressure by filling a U-tube with water and connecting the gas supply to one side. The difference in the water levels in the U-tube gives the pressure.

[@mariebelladonna437]

Mr. Pete, if you're still out there, thank you for this. I'm a 44 year old woman, but I had never even heard of a gasometer before today. I stumbled upon them in another video, but they didn't explain anything. But your demonstration was easy to understand, and very enjoyable to watch. Classes like yours were the best, when I was in school. But, unfortunately, they, and teachers like you, were (and are) very few and far between. I wish I'd had more like you. I wish my son had teachers like you. So like I said, thank you. I learned something neat, and had a fun time doing it. You're a cool dude. And I'm a happy new subscriber. 😊

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much. They store natural gas underground in northern Illinois where I live.

[@XNA2NW3]

Wow! I lived in England as a kid and although they were no longer in use, gas holders still doubted the landscape, and I never understood how a cage could hold natural gas. Now I do. Thank you!

[@mercoid]

I grew up on Long Island in NY. There was a gasometer near where I lived. I was always fascinated by it. It was torn down some 35 years ago.

[@SwarthyPlinker]

This was really interesting. I have seen many old pictures of gasometers and always wondered how they worked. Thanks for taking the time to set up a great demonstration.

[@roncav53]

They do not make them like you anymore..Great Video.

[@mrpete222]

That might be a good thing

[@ValuedTeamMember]

Yeah... that design really kicked the bucket (dad joke!)

[@dannyl2598]

Thank you Mr Pete. That was probably the most interesting video I have seen in a long time and I watch a lot of YT. We appreciate the thought and work that you put in to doing this.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@philipdevonald1273]

Great video, we also had what my mum cald the gas works, in our small town in South Wales UK, i remember seeing the gas storage tanks as a child and perhaps into my early teens. I have worked in the gas and oil industry for all my working life, but never thought how the old gas works worked

[@benmoroz3278]

1980 we referred to them as a natural gas holder or storage tank. Water sealed u shaped joints at the cup intersections. The job to monitor them during the freezing temps was holder man. They were used both as a storage medium and part of the mixing and scrubbing of various plant streams to clean and process them up so then would be sent to the grid. Also used for local low pressure grid load management during peak times.

[@burtpowell1344]

So, there was a water seal not metal to metal at each joint? I wondered how that work and if Mr Pete would try a three bucket model. Thanks for the information.

[@jameswilliamson4856]

How did the "holder" keep them from freezing?

[@1STGeneral]

@@jameswilliamson4856 A torch of course 🙂

[@jameswilliamson4856]

@@1STGeneral Think about how incredibly dangerous that would have been to use a torch on a tank joint that was holding back pressurized natural gas! Like the rubber gasket on the Challenger...

[@3markaw]

@@jameswilliamson4856 I 'm sure he's joking .

[@gofastwclass]

Thank you sir for another educational video on a topic I likely wouldn't have discovered on my own. I missed this series as I'm always the guy taking stuff apart to see what makes it tick. I learn something from you each week.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@millomweb]

20:39 - you can see the flame burning in the bottom of the Bunsen. The next possible stage after that is the flame travelling down the gas pipe and igniting the gas in your gasometer blowing it up ! Hence flame arrestors on oxy-acetylene torches !

[@tuffymartinez]

Thank You Lyle....You and your ideas are a wonderful adventure to watch...TM

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@ssboot5663]

Thanks! Being a Northern border flatlander all my life (central ND), I have never even heard of a gasometer before.Makes perfect sense how they work!

[@Hangerman7]

Mrpete, long time viewer, 24 years old. Very much enjoyed once your generation is gone nobody will even remember things like this existed. Continue the good work

[@promedic29]

Mr. Pete, I have enjoyed all of your videos, but I have to say I found this one the most interesting. It was very informative. Thank you for sharing this.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much, I wish other people would watch it

[@curtiswhite1107]

Cool demonstration! Thank you. It's similar to the way that you can regulate the air pressure on a set of double chamber blacksmith bellows. Walking home from school in the 1970s there was a crew that was torch cutting the plates that made up the cylinder and letting them drop. You could hear it for miles.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@ValuedTeamMember]

COMPLETE SENSE. My whole life I never knew (but always pondered - what the heck?). That was the only item on my "bucket list" THANK YOU

[@mrpete222]

Glad I help. My dad explained to me what they were when I was a child. I never could figure out why sometimes the unit was up and other times it was down.

[@ValuedTeamMember]

@@mrpete222 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 "𝑮𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒓" Cheers from So.Ca.USA 3rd house on the left (please call before stoppng by)

[@elcheapo5302]

That was really interesting, Mr. Pete. Thank you for sharing.

[@lkw6640]

I never knew about these things before but it's really ingenious! Thanks for showing us Lyle! If you're interested: The pressure (psi) depends on the area of the bottom of the opening (at the water level inside the top bucket) and the amount of weight (including the bucket, valves, and hoses) of the upper section in pounds. Since the top bucket has a slight taper to it, the pressure will be slightly higher when the top bucket is lower in the water. But, in this case, the difference is so small that it can be ignored and treated like a cylinder with a constant radius. The relationship is Pressure=Weight/Area, Area for round bottom is A = pi * radius^2, so P(psi)=W(lbs)/(3.14*(r(inches)^2)) You can rearrange the equation to find out how much weight to add in order to achieve a specific pressure. The most interesting fact to me is that these will maintain the same pressure no matter how full (or empty) they are so long as there is some gas in them.

[@FredMiller]

I remember vividly a gas storage tank in the city of Rochester NY. It was right in the middle of a highly residential neighborhood and I always wondered about the safety aspect of that. When the tank was at the tall point I remember my dad saying that "mom" would have plenty of gas to cook dinner tonight! I wonder how that water seal kept from freezing in mid winter?

[@mrpete222]

Maybe they built a fire in there to keep the water warm

[@BoxxerCore]

I watched 4 videos about gasometers, and then yours. The first 4 were a waste of time as I learned more in the first 3 minutes of your video than the rest combined. I was curious about the method being used to create a seal to stop gas from escaping. Very interesting video, Thanks.

[@quantumleap359]

Just visited your video, very good explanation of a working gasometer. All of ours in the city are gone, torn down mid 60s. Our house is on a 90 psi main, regulated at the house to one-half psi. Liked and subscribed.

[@mrpete222]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@ronsykes1]

Mr Pete Thanks for your interesting video. They should actually be called Gas Holders I think I should know as I used to design them when I was a young man in the UK. A gasometer would infer that it is some sort of measuring device? The more modern holders were spirally guided and mostly "disappeared" when they were deflated. the holders could have three or even four "lifts" I was always surprised how little pressure was required to inflate the holders weighing several hundred tons - around 10 inches water gauge.

[@TheHansoost]

Interesting! I lived in Vancouver bc and there was one there. As a child it always interested me l later married and worked with my father in law who ran a scrapyard. It turns out he bid on and won the demolition contract. We have pictures of the job which he used to advertise his business. Basically it's an enormous pisston. We were selling scrap sheets of steel and corrugated metal that we rolled flat for years. Recycling/ repurposing. It really is a small world. RIP George, my FIL. You were one of a kind!

[@mrpete222]

Tearing down one of those things must’ve been quite a job

[@imzardoz]

Great tutorial for those who were not around to see these in their city! Do not let the past e forgotten.

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK YOU...for sharing. Enjoyed.

[@jodydoakes8754]

Fascinating!! When these were mentioned in the previous videos, I had now idea what they were or how they worked. Now I know. Thanks for the education, as always.

[@mikeglockler1134]

Very interesting Mr. Pete, I loved it ! I had some awesome shop teachers when I was in school to this day I think about them often,. Thank you 🙏 and keep up the great work !

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much

[@tommyhanlon8012]

The amount of heat energy by physical volume of gas required is quite surprising if not shocking. it really highlights how finite the stock of natural gas must be ? btw Dirty old Town was written by Ewan MacColl about Salford an industrial town in the U.K., where MacColl was from. His own version is good but MacColl being a mentor to the Dublin singer Luke Kelly allowed Kelly to sing & record it, His interpretation is perhaps worth a listen. Coincidentally Luke Kelly was born & reared in the Docks area of Northside Dublin where could be seen the Gas Company Gasometers on the far quay wall of on the Southside. The song was so popular as so many people thorough the world could relate to it as there were many industrial cities ?

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@not2fast4u2c]

This was Fun like watching Mr.Wizard on the TV years ago

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@greaser5691]

I have vivid memories of Adelaide (South Australia) being converted to natural gas around 1970 (the gas man came to replace the burners in the 'gas fire') before I started going to school. Some of my earliest memories are sitting in the car with my (now-late) dad, waiting at the traffic lights leaving the CBD to the northwest, and seeing the SA-Gas-Co. works in the near distance with the gasometer at different levels on different days. I worked near there in the early '90s, and the gantry frame was still visible then. Google maps now shows the pit, though filled in. Thanks for the video.

[@raymossop4610]

HI greaser5691 I can remember these they were in the Adelaide suburb of Brompton. There were two of them one was much more modern than the outher the older unit was of riverted construction and the more modern one was of welded construction.I can remember as I went to the Brompton Infant and Primary schools and my father had a factory in Brompton .Originaly they produced coal gas at Brompton and the by-product of the coal after the gas had been produced was called sinders. My father scored a couple of truck loads of these sinders to spread around his factory so it was not so muddy in the winter. The SA-Gas-Co were always glad to get rid of the waste sinders Ray

[@doodlebug2121]

There is a large old stationary engine at the Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum in Vista CA. That uses a similar device to regulate the pressure of the propane fuel that it runs on. Thanks for the very interesting video. I remember seeing gasometers in Los Angeles as a kid.

[@mrpete222]

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[@SiRicketts]

Great vid Mr P. Like the States we in the UK we had these in all our towns and cities. The amazing thing is, like most things in our country, some are now protected and preserved as part of our industrial heritage. I,m sure if I standstill long enough I'll be preserved for posterity also. Keep up the good work and I especially enjoy your rants, it must be an age thing also👍🏻

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@larrysmall3521]

Great video. I remember seeing them as a kid but I never knew what they were. If you ever need to make real low pressure measurements you can always build a U tube manometer with clear plastic tubing, colored water, and a yardstick. Simple but it gives accurate measurements in inches of water.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@hughdanaher2758]

There was a gasometer in my hometown of San Luis Obispo along with a big solid tank for storage (maybe at a higher pressure). I believe the gasometer was used as a pressure regulator. Thanks for reminding of this device. 😊

[@christurley391]

Fun project. Thanks for the video.

[@bocody]

Very interesting. I really enjoyed it.

[@ddblairco]

thank you Mr Pete, another great video.

[@darylcheshire1618]

I’d put a little steel wool in the tube to the bunsen burner to prevent the flame travelling back to the gas holder. I’m not sure how the gas companies did this unless they were always confident of a steady pressure to the homes. Every now and then there would be a gas explosion in the news, a whole street would explode where the gas pipe is buried.

[@kenhukushi1637]

There were 2 of these in Queens, NY, in use til 1996. I never heard of the word gasometer, as we just called them the Elmhurst Tanks.

[@3markaw]

The famous Elmhurst Tanks. Mentioned in every L.I.Expressway traffic report.

[@tomolaughlin9765]

Mr. Pete I commented on your video about the carbide lamp and mentioned that I worked in a plant that made calcium carbide. We had a gasometer in our testing lab, very similar to your experiment, it was 2 brass cylinders with weights on top with a water seal and was set up the same as your buckets. We would put a measured amount of carbide in a flask and introduce another measured amount of water, this would create acetylene gas causing the gasometer to rise up. After a set time we would read how much the gasometer rose up on a scale and do a quick calculation to determine the grade/quality of the carbide. You brought me back to the late 70's, thank you

[@mrpete222]

I found that very interesting, that’s an experiment that I should attempt to do. But not worth it, very few people watch this video

[@PeterWMeek]

@@mrpete222 - Think carefully before you mess with acetylene: an air/natural gas mixture will explode. An air/acetylene mixture will detonate. Some radicals were filling garbage bags with air/acetylene mix in a basement in NYC a few decades ago. They had an accidental ignition and blew up a four story brick building - turned it into rubble.

[@leonardlakey7779]

Loved your video and will check out more. I am a retired gas furnace development test technician. I actually got paid for playing with fire! In the US the pressure out of the gas meter is 11 inches water column or about 0.4 PSI. You could have made the flame more visible (and the video more exciting) by closing the air inputs on the Bunsen burner with duct tape.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks!

[@AllGoodOutside]

For years I tried to find out what these structures were because I had seen them in some movies that were made in England years back and I even asked friends of mine that were from Manchester if they remembered these big round structures that looked like skeletons of around building and they had no idea what I was talking about which is baffling to me years later because I can't see anyone not knowing what they were who lived in Manchester england. now of course it's as simple as hopping on youtube to find out what the hell a gasometer Is. though I never knew we had them in the United States until you mentioned that in your video so thank you

[@mrpete222]

There was one of these by the railroad tracks was in 2 miles of my house. And I remember watching a British movie where they were repeatedly shown in the background

[@AllGoodOutside]

@@mrpete222 Do you remember who first told you what it was?

[@atikanatasoy]

I am an English teacher and came across gasometers in an educational article, and saw your video! I truly enjoyed it, the language correction at 19:34 raising-rising thing made me giggle! Keep up the good work mate!

[@mrpete222]

Glad it was helpful!

[@OleGramps53]

It's an excellent exploration of how those tanks worked. I used to pass by them as kid going into town and watch the levels as they where filling up or as they emptied .

[@mrpete222]

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[@bobvines00]

Lyle, as soon as I finished watching this very interesting video, I had to do a bit of searching for how the multiple-lift telescoping gasometers/gasholders are actually sealed. A "single" lift gasometer like your model is easy to understand, but "multiple" lift seals was harder to figure out how they did it. Wikipedia (as usual) seems to have the best explanation on the upper seals.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, I will look at that

[@brandoniron44]

Thanks for taking the time to show this. I never knew this ever existed. Your very good at showing how things work. You show the important parts and cut out all the stuff that’s not needed. Thanks

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@ralphgould2783]

Mr. Pete, I used to see those gasometers around suburbs north of Boston when I was a kid in the mid 1950's. My dad said they were the gas works. At that time, unless you lived in the central area of the city, you had to use oil for heating. Always wondered just how they functioned. Thanks for this video.

[@duncanmacdonald4496]

That was fantastic. We had four gasometers in the Highlands (Scotland) when I went to school in the seventies. All the science rooms had Coal Gas outlets and we used to light up our scrounged cigarettes when the teacher was out of the room from the outlets! Coal gas had such a distinctive smell and a very yellow flame as far as I can remember (lack of efficient reaction with O2?). There is still one very large one for natural gas in the town to keep pressures from fluctuating, I believe. I now know better, how the system is sealed, like the bell underwater chamber I suppose. thanks for a very interesting nostalgic video. All the best Mr Pete D.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching. I never had experience with CoAl gas. I would make some if I could find coal, LOL

[@richardlafleur3974]

As a boy in the 60's I remember seeing them around different parts of Los Angeles. My father told me what they were and how they worked. They're all gone now and on another note so are most of the air raid sirens which were tested on the last Friday of the month a 10:00 am for no more then 1 minute.

[@tomt9543]

Same here! Born in 1960 in Sharon, Pa., and I remember seeing them somewhere in that area, probably Youngstown, Ohio. Never knew what they contained. We moved away in 1970, so I have no idea if any of them remain.

[@davidgenie-ci5zl]

I recall seeing the gasometers in Oakland Calif. and yes, the old air raid siren. We would duck under our school desk when they did the siren drill. oh what fun.

[@johnapel2856]

Very good experiment. Quite interesting. Thanks.

[@cuteswan]

That was a fun experiment. You inspired me to look up the history of gasometers here in Boston, where we apparently had three where they were producing gas from coal & resin. Pretty interesting history. We only had the big pressurized tanks off the highway since I was little, and before you first explained what they were in that part B video I'd never heard of them. Thanks again.

[@johnquinn3899]

Interesting and informative. Thanks Mr Pete.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@jwdean9163]

When an old gasometer was dismantled in England they discovered an unexploded german bomb in the sludge at the bottom, apparently after the bomb punched through the domed top and failed to explode the gas workers just repaired the hole and carried on using the gasometer and then forgot about it.

[@setdown2]

Cool...i always past one on I 95 in Philly and never knew how they worked...nice demonstration...stay safe....

[@rhodysweet]

Thank you Mr. Pete for yet another edutaining video. Very interesting and now I finally know how those things work! Dave in RI

[@Amaysing79]

Thanks to you I have learned something new to day as I often do watching your video's

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much

[@kardeef33317]

Most vacuum guages made for diagnosing or tuning up gas engines will also read gas pressure for engines with carburetors up to 8 psi I think amd they are cheap. Thanks and keep up the great videos.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@gasworker3042]

Great explanation... I recently saved an emergency backup water pump that was used to flood the seal for a gasometer or what we called "holders stations".... its an old ford 172 4 cylinder engine coupled to a Dayton-Dowd 2 stage water pump, it but out 750gpm and ran on natural gas... I'm looking forward to restoring it.

[@mrpete222]

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[@istvanmargittoth4268]

Thank you Mr Pete for taking the time to show us how a gasometer worked in old days. I just had a pleasant walk today and came across of some kind of interesting "skeletons" of the remains of the old times and could not figure out what they might have been. Now thanks to your video I learned something new! Million thanks!!!!

[@mrpete222]

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[@morgidvmw0mdv]

The gas pressure in your house, after the meter governor (regulator) would be around 8ins/water gauge, that's around 1/3rd PSI. Out in the street it would be around 12 to 18ins/WG. A 100ft tall gasometer, when full would have around 12 to 16 ins/wg of pressure in it. The gas would be compressed to send it out onto the district at a pressure around 20ins/wg depending on the distance to where the pressure would be at its lowest when the load was at its highest. Time clocks would be used on the governor system to change the outlet pressure of the station to suit the conditions on the district (the higher the demand, the higher the pressure needed).

[@mrpete222]

Thank you for that

[@robroysyd]

Here in Australia those things were called "gasometers". Where gas was made was called "gasworks". When they were in use the gas mains still ran at pretty low pressure. It was during the change to natural gas that the mainlines were replaced with polyethylene pipe and the pressure increased. Another change was the old coal gas had some water in it which caused issues with iron pipes. Todays gas is dry.

[@geraldsims3137]

I always what they were. Thanx for the education.. I am now 76 yrs. Old never to late to learn.

[@mrpete222]

You’re never too old to learn

[@millomweb]

4:20 cutting a hole in the bottom - pretty sure the first hole would have been enough ! Leaving the rest of the bottom in there would be a shelf for some weights to get the right pressure.

[@afriedli]

Gasometers were a dominant feature of the urban landscape when I was a boy - like modern day cathedrals to industrialisation. In Britain we pronounce the word with the same stresses as in the word thermometer. After the 'dash for gas' period of the 1970's following the discovery of natural gas in the North Sea, most gasometers in Britain were torn down. Many people thought they were an ugly blight and couldn't get rid of them fast enough. Fortunately, a few mavericks managed to persuade some local planning authorities that they had some architectural merit, even if only as heritage items, and so a few were spared and remain to this day. We called the coal gas that was stored in them 'town gas'. It was a bit smelly and deadly poisonous, which made suicide by 'putting your head in the oven' a favoured method of escaping life for some unhappy souls. In the area of town where they were located (often not far from the local 'gas works' where the coal was converted) there was usually a faint smell of sulphur in the air. It's a fond smell of childhood to me. I know coal is very much out of favour these days, but it was the greatest gift to humanity and civilisation once upon a time - 'town gas' being just one of its many useful byproducts.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you for a very interesting comment

[@ArcticBlues1]

Colion Noir for director of the BATFE. Great Video! Thank You :)

[@thefixerofbrokenstuff]

Gas pressure in the house is about 10 inches of water column. You had all the materials in your hand and spilled on the floor to build a u-tube water manometer. Street pressure varies from a few psi to around 50 psi.

[@thefixerofbrokenstuff]

Oh, and 1 psi is pretty near to 28 inches of water column. So 10 inwc is about 1/3 psi.

[@dav1dbone]

We had a gasometer in the town which was still in use up to the 1990s Mr Pete, working principal just like you demonstrated, however it was upside down to yours, if that makes any sense?

[@captandysir8670]

As other comments have noted, you might have mentioned the constant pressure/variable volume feature. It showed well in your constant height flame in the bunsen burner.

[@lacyjamesadams409]

Always a treat to hear and learn from someone with such great wisdom.

[@georgebooth2005]

I enjoyed, watching your video. I found it interesting, and entertaining. Thanks, for my science lesson. I look forward, to seeing your other videos. Have a blessed weekend! Happy Holidays🦃 👍👍😊 george 😎🤿🦈🐙🇺🇲 San Antonio, TEXAS

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@pneumatic00]

Excellent, Mr. Pete! Closest thing I've seen to a good old fashioned high school science class demonstration. I grew up in New Jersey, in the 60's, and in Newark and Harrison and all through the dirty, gritty midsection of Jersey there were gasometers. And sometimes the rising part was up high and sometimes it was low, and I always wondered as a kid what was going on there. 60 years later NOW I KNOW!!

[@mrpete222]

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[@jamesmihalcik1310]

I had just been reminiscing with a friend on the daily changes we would observe on the massive tanks back in the day. Although my farm animals are clearly objecting to the apparatus suggested by some in certain circles, you could see a revival of these tanks in the future :) Great video !

[@johnfrench428]

Mr Pete, I saw your dead-blow hammer disintegrating. I have had to throw away two just recently I have had for years, because the plastic just fell apart. They were always so kept in a tool box not exposed to any fumes or etc. They were both Stanley branded. Keep on chugging. Happy Veteran’s Day.

[@mrpete222]

I have had three or four fall apart. In fact I show this in a video that is still unreleased

[@johnfrench428]

@@mrpete222 I guess Horror Freight ones would be as good if they lasted a few years as well.

[@paulhunt598]

Lyle, This project was so much fun to watch. I intend to share this with my boys and grandsons. Your approach bordering on dangerous was fun and inviting. I like boys that like to explore dangerous things... With a small measure of caution. Your subtle humor about the danger of this experiment made me chuckle. I should be getting ready to leave for church, but I "couldn't" stop watching.

[@mrpete222]

I always lived right on the edge

[@CraigLYoung]

Thanks for sharing!

[@aleonard4426]

this is so wonderful. I've always wondered how those gasometers work! Now, my question is, do they make noise when they're filling? Also, how did coal feed the gas into the gasometer?

[@cliftoncarmichael2392]

What do I think??? I think you are an amazing man. For something so simple, which was a complicated thing back in the day. You describe it (and make it) so well. Love your videos!!! I can't wait until you release another one, no matter what the topic is!!!.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much, I have been a bit discouraged lately by low view numbers

[@millomweb]

8:40 Adding weights - should go in the bottom of the white bucket - on the base of it you unnecessarily cut out ! What gas pressure do you want ? 2 psi ? 2 x π x r^2 - so if radius is 7 inches = 2 x 3·14 x 49 = 308 lbs weight For 4 psi 4 x 3.14 x 49 = 616 pounds From your video, it suggests this calc is wrong and that's puzzling me. PSI is quite simple - number of pounds weight on top of the bucket per square inch area of the 'water' piston inside the bucket. Maybe my estimate of a 14" diameter bucket is just too big ?????

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello Mr. Peterson, I found this video very interesting. Thank you for making. Take care Paul,,

[@MrPatdeeee]

One of the most interesting from "our" Mr Pete. Thank you kind Sir.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@keepcalmandfarmon5401]

That was a fun video! I recall seeing several gasometers near Lynn, MA (near Boston) about 15 years ago. At the time I didn't know the what, why, how--now I do thanks to this video!!!

[@mrpete222]

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[@fredohnemus7685]

A new toy for an old boy. Enjoyed the video, pretty neat.

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Very interesting a great edutainment video.

[@German_MDS]

Very interesting video! There is one of those near my town, of course is no being used anymore, but for years I passed by asking myself how that giant structure worked. Now I know. Thanks Mr. Pete!!

[@roderickwhitehead]

What is notable is that the gas supply is a constant pressure, regardless of load.

[@jonanderson5137]

A few people have learned this by not buying larger pipe for their emergency generators.

[@roderickwhitehead]

@@jonanderson5137 - Fortunately, for me, I passed Fluid Mechanics. Unfortunately, for me, everyone thinks they are a mechanical engineer.

[@100yojimbo]

What an excellent video very well explained with an amazing video demonstration. Thanks for taking the time to do this 👍👊

[@mrpete222]

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[@terryjennings2356]

That was a very good demonstration. Thank you!

[@gt2x446]

Great video! My parents explained me how gasometers work 50 Years ago, but Mr Pete's video is much better! ;)

[@djm5k]

I remember seeing these in the industrial areas of Los Angeles. At night, there was a ring of red blinking caution lights around the upper rim of the cage that all blinked in unison. I believe they are still in use in Southern California, but I might be wrong. Very interesting though!

[@mrpete222]

Ours had a huge sign on it that said Illinois Power

[@robertmccully2792]

Somewhere outside Silicon Valley they had a few of these Gaso meters, might have been Oakland they had these well info the 70,s. Might be still there, never thought much about them.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@drmodestoesq]

Fun Fact. The Gashouse Gang was the nickname of the baseball team the St. Louis Cardinals in 1934. The nickname Gashouse Gang, came from Cardinals players going into the field in unwashed, dirty, and smelly uniforms. The phrase gas house referred to factories that turned coal into town gas for lighting and cooking. Common in U.S. cities until the widespread use of natural gas, the plants were noted for their foul smell and were typically located near railroad yards in the poorest neighborhood in the city.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, that was interesting

[@russellmcclenning9607]

Great video Lyle thank you for sharing.

[@brownbreakfast]

Thank you. I’ve often wondered how they work. I’m such a geek and proud

[@danbreyfogle8486]

Your introduction of this topic a few weeks ago was the first time I heard about the gasometer. Thank you for the how it works segment, it makes a lot more sense seeing a demonstration of the device.

[@tilliesinabottle]

Great video Mr. Pete, I had no idea what those big Gasometers did exactly when you showed us the old picture in the what is it video. That really explained it well.

[@allenhanford]

Thank you very much. There's still a few of these here in Philadelphia and I never understood what exactly they were or anything about how they worked. I was imagining some sort of giant O-rings and collapsible sections, which I knew couldn't be right.

[@HongyaMa]

Had one of those gasometers off the 405 fwy near Long Beach airport... It's gone now - It was quite a sight.

[@mrpete222]

They’re a pretty amazing sight, aren’t they?

[@SootySweep22]

Loved it. Great project. Thanks Mr Pete.

[@jimtomassetti8928]

All way's wonderd why the tank's did that. When did they stop using them? Good vidio‼️

[@cortana2007]

the pressure of the gas is simple to calculate, it is the mass of the white bucket with the valves and the lead divided by the surface of the lid

[@mrpete222]

Thanks, I’m too dumb for that

[@cortana2007]

@@mrpete222 don't say that, you are way smarter than me in the shop