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Where did you get the piezo lighters? I'd like to add them to my
stove. My wife is used to an electric range and is scared to death of
lighting the gas stove.
Thanks,
Stan
At 10:10 AM 2/19/2004 -0500, Tim Holock wrote:
>Thanks Rick and Andy. Sounds like you hit on the problem. I cobbled up the
>air/orifice part from scrap copper pipe, and drilled a hole for the air, but
>not with much thought as to size. I'll try opening up the hole to a larger
>size tonight.
>
>BTW, I was quite tickled by the conversion. I just couldn't handle the
>thought of $1,000 for a new stove, and the conversion cost just over $100 in
>parts, including 3 piezo lighters (which even the $1,000 stove doesn't
>have).
>
>Tim Holock
>S/V Marooned, Endeavour 32
>Annapolis, MD (almost golfing weather!)
>
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>From:
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>Goodwin
>Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:25 AM
>To: Tim Holock;
>Subject: Re: lv-ab: Reducing propane pressure
>
>
>Hi Tim,
>
>I can think of two things right away:
>
>One is the air adjustment. If the gas is burning
>correctly, you should see a blue flame, no orange, and
>little or no soot. Propane does tend to have more
>soot than other gases, like natural gas.
>
>If you are getting lots of orange in the flame, and
>lots of soot, then it sounds like it isn't getting
>enough air. The air gets mixed in with the gas
>usually right near the burner, probably right near
>each separate burner. Usually there's some sort of
>little cover on the pipe leading to the burner that
>you can slide to open an air hole more or less. There
>are various designs for the air mix, but there has to
>be one, so that what comes out of the burner is the
>proper mix of gas and air to produce the best flame.
>
>If you can locate these adjustments, then try opening
>them up all the way and see if that changes things.
>Shut them down until the tips of the flames just begin
>to turn orange, and that's probably about the right
>place to leave them.
>
>The other is the regulator itself. Most regulators
>can be adjusted. If you have one of the round ones
>with a bulge on one side and a hex nut cap on the end,
>if you remove the cap you should see a plastic thing
>inside with a slot in it. You can screw this in and
>out against a spring, and that will regulate the gas
>pressure.
>
>If you don't get enough pressure, you should have a
>very small flame, even at full burner. If you are
>getting a whopping big flame, then maybe you do have
>too much pressure. I've adjusted these on gas grills
>with no problem. You can turn the adjustment thing
>with the grill burning to see the results immediately.
> Don't turn it very far until you can see exactly what
>effect you are having.
>
>Hope that helps.
>
>Dick
>
>
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