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Please contact your gas company when you move

How to use gas safely

In case of gas leakage

Intelligent gas meter (Microcomputer meter)

Please contact your gas company when you move.

When you move out, please contact your gas company. Your gas company will complete the formalities such as adjusting payments.
Before you move in, please contact the gas company in the area which you will move into. They will send a technician to explain how to use gas appliances and inspect for gas leakages.

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How to use gas safely

Types of gas and gas appliances
Please check the type of gas supplied whether it is suitable for your appliances. It is very dangerous to use appliances that are not compatible with the type of gas you are supplied. Please check labels attached to your appliances for the type of gas to be used.

Rubber hoses

Do not use trident couplings or couplings of wrong-sized diameters for rubber hoses, because they may cause a gas leakage or rubber hoses may come off.
Please check the manufacturing date of rubber hoses and replace them with new ones before they deteriorate.
Do not use vinyl hoses.
Rubber hoses should not be too long.

Gas cocks

Gas cocks should be fully opened before using gas. It is very dangerous to use gas when the gas cocks are half-opened. Make sure that gas cocks are completely closed when you turn them out.
In case of earthquake, turn out all gas cocks.
When you are away from home for a long period, turn out gas cocks.

Gas Range

When you turn on and off gas ranges, check them with your own eyes. Do not leave gas cookers when you deep-fry.

Compact water heater

When you use compact water heaters, turn on a ventilator or open a window.
Do not use compact water heaters to supply with hot water for showers, baths, or washing machines.
In case of above, it may cause imperfect combustion.

Gas space heater

When you use gas space heaters, open a window for more than one minute every 30 minutes.
Do not use gas space heaters to dry washing because it may cause a fire.

Bath heater

Be careful not to heat an empty bathtub, because it is very dangerous.

*	For indoor gas bath heaters and large water heaters, appropriate equipment should be installed for air supply and exhaust. Consult a qualified vendor on installing equipment.
*	If gas flames are abnormally high, or if you smell gas when gas appliances are used, turn off the gas immediately and contact your gas company or gas appliance vendor

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In case of gas leakage

If you smell gas, please take the following steps:

1.	Turn out a gas cock.

2.	Open a window.

3.	Turn off a meter gas tap.

4.	Call a gas company.

*	Do not turn on ventilation fans and lights, because turning on switches may generate sparks.
*	Gas leak detectors and gas appliances with flame failure warning device are available. For further information, contact your gas company.

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Intelligent gas meter(Microcomputer meter)

Under the following conditions, an intelligent gas meter will automatically turn off the gas:

In case of a major earthquake.
In case gas flows abnormally.
In case gas is used for a long period.

When you turn on the gas again, please take the following steps:

1.	Turn off all gas appliances. Do not forget to turn off outdoor gas appliances. However, the meter gas tap should not be turned off.

2.	Remove a cover of a reset button.

3.	Push the reset button firmly and take your hand off the button immediately. (The button will return to its original state and a red lamp will start flashing again.)

4.	Wait for about three minutes. (While waiting, a microcomputer meter will check automatically for safety.) You can turn on the gas after the red lamp stops flashing.

5.	Check whether there are any safety breakers that have been turned off.

*	If flashing continues more than three minutes, start the procedure over again after checking whether any gas appliances are left open. (Supervised by Japan Gas Association)

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