In a press release sent to our editorial staff, the Distribution Management of Sonelgaz d'Oran invited its customers, during this autumn period when temperature drops are recorded, “to be vigilant in the use of natural gas and all devices operating with this energy.
Listing a series of recommendations, Sonelgaz d'Oran invites everyone to check the internal natural gas installation and ensure the absence of leaks, but also “clean the chimney and remove any obstacle in order to guarantee evacuation gases burned outside the house, ensure the presence and cleanliness of the lower and upper ventilation openings in the house, check that the color of the flame is blue, ventilate the room or turn off the appliance if the flame is yellow in color or tends towards red and finally avoid using a water heater without a burnt gas evacuation pipe. The press release further specifies that the Directorate of Electricity and Gas Distribution of Oran “continues the installation of toxic gas detectors inside homes, where the company's technical services carry out free of charge. to the installation of two detectors per customer in the districts of the wilaya of Oran, in particular the communes of Oran and Bir El Djir” and to argue that “this operation is accompanied by a verification of the internal gas network and advice on the correct and safe use of natural gas.
For those owners who, last year had already benefited from these installations, are requested, explains the press release, “to replace the batteries with new ones of good quality on the condition however that they have expired, at Otherwise, you are asked not to remove them. But also, add the press release, owners are called upon to “regularly check the operation of the device by pressing the test button”, and as long as the device emits an audible alert, it is then necessary “to ventilate the room and turn off all gas appliances.
