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I'm thinking of using a mains gas applinace on bottled gas. What do I need to change, is it just the regulator or do the jets needs changing?
Any help advice would be appreciated.
thanks in advance
I'd expect the jets to need changing. My cooker came with jets and some parts for the controls too so I could run it on LPG rather than mains gas. I think you are supposed to get someone qualified to make the switch too
Definately jets, and b4 you jump check jets are available for your appliances, in a previous lifei was a kitchen designer and not all gas hobs/ovens were lpg compatible
I suspect there's a lot of rules around connecting stuff up to stop you blowing yourself and your neighbours up.
It will depend on what appliance but you probably need a professional
its a totally different pressure so you need different jets if available- this assumes its safe to convert the item/was designed for thi - I know my cooker can as it came with the jets in a bag when I bought it - though it is on mains.
You probably need help if you are asking the internet
Given bottled i dearer why do you want to do this?
Just get a new LPG dedicated stove - it'll be cheaper than having yours converted. Butane burns cooler than propane, but but propane has to be stored outside and chained securely to the wall in case of explosion. You'll need two bottles of whatever you choose - one working and a FULL spare.
"Just get a new LPG dedicated stove – it’ll be cheaper than having yours converted. Butane burns cooler than propane, but but propane has to be stored outside and chained securely to the wall in case of explosion. You’ll need two bottles of whatever you choose – one working and a FULL spare."
Frankly having seen what can happen with only a couple of kgs of gas, I'd not have a bottle of gas inside any building.
^^ Well, there is that. But legally you can keep butane inside. I had an LPG stove for years when I lived in rural Shropshire - it was fine on Butane, cooked really nicely.
I seem to recall that LPG produces a lot of condensation, but it was such a dilapidated old shack of a cottage that it was difficult to tell what resulted from the stove and what was from the general damp. One black mould looks very much like another after a while.
Butane can be kept inside legally but only up to 15kg, from memory.
Butane and propane use different pressures you may need to change regulator, depends on the appliance probably.
No requirement to chain bottles domestically.