Town Natrual and LPG/Propane Gas Stove Connections
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fan-of-fans
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Natural gas is piped in via underground lines and has a meter on the outside of the home/building. Propane gas setups have a tank outide that either lies horizontal or vertically. Most propane connections I see use a small diameter copper line to a shutoff valve and then the flexible connector from the stove connects to that.
Natural gas usually uses a larger diameter steel or copper piping to the shutoff valve and again a flexible hose connection to the stove.
Usually propane is used for rural or other gas needs that are not close to a natural gas line.
Natural gas usually uses a larger diameter steel or copper piping to the shutoff valve and again a flexible hose connection to the stove.
Usually propane is used for rural or other gas needs that are not close to a natural gas line.
warmsecondrinse
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The holes in the burner are a tad different as well, right? I seem to remember that a slightly different gas/air proportion is needed. Or am I thinking of something else?
Jim
Jim
norgeway
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The burners themselves
Are the same, but to use propane you must screw the orifice down tight , or use the much smaller propane orifice, and turn the pilots down, if you hook up a natural gas range on propane without adjusting it, you will have flames 2 or 3 feet high...
Are the same, but to use propane you must screw the orifice down tight , or use the much smaller propane orifice, and turn the pilots down, if you hook up a natural gas range on propane without adjusting it, you will have flames 2 or 3 feet high...
Propane burns hotter
than Natural Gas, which is methane, if I remember my 9th grade science. Since propane burns hotter, by A LOT, orifices equipped for natural gas would be dangerous on propane.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
than Natural Gas, which is methane, if I remember my 9th grade science. Since propane burns hotter, by A LOT, orifices equipped for natural gas would be dangerous on propane.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
norgeway
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Most are
Adjustable, I have changed several natural gas ranges to propane, its just a simple adjustment, but it takes time to get it right.
Adjustable, I have changed several natural gas ranges to propane, its just a simple adjustment, but it takes time to get it right.
My dryer
has instructions to change it from NG to LPG in the owner's manual.
has instructions to change it from NG to LPG in the owner's manual.
warmsecondrinse
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Thanks for the info. I remember my grandfather explained it to me, but that was at least 20 years ago.
Jim
Jim
When I rebuilt parts of my range, the flame was super high and had to be adjusted down (from natural gas to natural gas though). How different was town gas though?
Off topic somewhat, I've seen pictures from Europe (continental) where they had rubber hoses for gas stoves/ranges kind of like one used to use in science labs. I always wondered how good they were - though certainly Germans, as a whole take better care of things like that than Americans as a whole - like if the rubber got rigid or developed a pinprick.
Off topic somewhat, I've seen pictures from Europe (continental) where they had rubber hoses for gas stoves/ranges kind of like one used to use in science labs. I always wondered how good they were - though certainly Germans, as a whole take better care of things like that than Americans as a whole - like if the rubber got rigid or developed a pinprick.
