BGE is alerting all of its natural gas customers to a possible safety hazard involving customers' older brass flexible gas connectors and home appliances. Appliance gas connectors are corrugated metal tubes used to connect gas appliances to gas supply lines and are the responsibility of the customer. Some older brass connectors can separate from the tubing and cause a serious gas leak, explosion or fire.

To our knowledge, these dangerous uncoated brass connectors have not been made for more than 20 years, but some of them may still be in use, particularly in homes with older appliances. Moving the appliance, even slightly, whether to clean behind it or inspect its gas connector can cause the connector to crack or break. Do not attempt to move the appliance yourself to check the connector. BGE recommends customers with older appliances contact a licensed plumber or qualified professional appliance repair service to inspect your appliance connectors.

Provided below are images of acceptable Gas Flexible Connectors, and unacceptable Gas Flexible Connectors.

Unsafe Flexible Connector

Uncoated Brass

Acceptable Flexible Connectors