Hearing hum near natural gas gauge, should I be concerned – Pic Attached

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I have been living in my home for over 10 years and it is heated by natural gas. Over the last few weeks I have occasionally been hearing a sometimes loud hum from near our external gas gauge. I have attached a picture of the object off the gas line making the noise. It almost seems as something should screw into there. Any idea what this is and if I need to screw something into it?

Update: This was months ago, but I called the gas co. and they replaced the gas regulator without asking any questions or any charges.

blurry but something might screw into here
Hum coming from near the bottom

Best Answer

That does appear to have been altered, the threaded portion in the top picture looks abnormal in that a cover or cap etc is missing, they typically are not like this, maybe some kids messed with it, call the gas company in any case, do not tell them the kids did it if anything say an ex lover might have messed with it this way they wont try to bill you for it.