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Bottled Natural gas
Does anyone know if I can buy Natural gas in large bottles to run
household central heating & hob for a few months. I need to have the mains gas supply & meter moved for building work to be done and National Grid have given me a ridiculous 12 week lead time (and people tell me that the chance of the work actually being done on the specified date is remote). I must disconnect the supply now to demolish a garage to continue the build work. So I need to run the house on bottled natural gas for 3 months. Any helpful suggestions? |
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chris wrote:
Does anyone know if I can buy Natural gas in large bottles to run household central heating & hob for a few months. I need to have the mains gas supply & meter moved for building work to be done and National Grid have given me a ridiculous 12 week lead time (and people tell me that the chance of the work actually being done on the specified date is remote). I must disconnect the supply now to demolish a garage to continue the build work. So I need to run the house on bottled natural gas for 3 months. Any helpful suggestions? Post to this group: UK.D-I-Y Jim |
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"chris" wrote:
Does anyone know if I can buy Natural gas in large bottles to run household central heating & hob for a few months. Yes & no... While it would be available in tanks large enought to supply your home, LPG (also known as bottle gas) has a slightly different makeup than natural gas. This means your appliances would need to be re-jetted to work properly. Not a big deal and a bottle gas supplier would be able to do it with no problem. |
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On 13 Nov 2006 00:41:26 -0800, "chris"
wrote: Does anyone know if I can buy Natural gas in large bottles to run household central heating & hob for a few months. I need to have the mains gas supply & meter moved for building work to be done and National Grid have given me a ridiculous 12 week lead time (and people tell me that the chance of the work actually being done on the specified date is remote). I must disconnect the supply now to demolish a garage to continue the build work. So I need to run the house on bottled natural gas for 3 months. Can't be done. Reason that propane works is that it can be made liquid at a reasonable pressure. I'd just use electric heaters while the work is being done. If you need hot water you could always buy a small electric water heater to get you by. |
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On Nov 13, 11:59 am, Chris Hill
wrote: Can't be done. Reason that propane works is that it can be made liquid at a reasonable pressure. The propane is gaseous by the time it gets to the house. It is just liquid in the tank. It won't work anyway because the mixture is richer one way or the other (propane I think) so you'd need to convert all the appliances if you switch fuels. It can probably be done but the cost might be excessive. |
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:29:57 GMT, someone wrote:
Post to this group: UK.D-I-Y Jim Did he say he was in the U.K.? Because NationalGrid has acquired many U.S. utilities as well. I have them at one of my business locations. Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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v wrote:
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:29:57 GMT, someone wrote: Post to this group: UK.D-I-Y Jim Did he say he was in the U.K.? Because NationalGrid has acquired many U.S. utilities as well. I have them at one of my business locations. Pull the headers down and you'll see his ISP. UK |
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WDS wrote: On Nov 13, 11:59 am, Chris Hill wrote: Can't be done. Reason that propane works is that it can be made liquid at a reasonable pressure. The propane is gaseous by the time it gets to the house. It is just liquid in the tank. It won't work anyway because the mixture is richer one way or the other (propane I think) so you'd need to convert all the appliances if you switch fuels. It can probably be done but the cost might be excessive. I am aware of the differeneces in jet size, but did not want to have to change the gas fired boiler, hob & oven jets, even if I could. CNG fueled cars use pressurised bottles of a sensible size, why cant I use something like that? |
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On Nov 16, 2:56 am, "chris" wrote:
CNG fueled cars use pressurised bottles of a sensible size, why cant I use something like that? No one sells NG that way because NG is used for fixed applications only. LP wins the "portable methane fuel" war because of its characteristics, probably mainly the ease of liquifying it. |
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