On Feb 19, 6:11*pm, "chaniarts"
wrote:
hr(bob) wrote:
On Feb 19, 11:43 am, "john bently" wrote:
Just replacing the kitchen gas hob for a new one. It comes with a
right-angled pipe (an elbow), one end of which goes into the hob and
one end into the copper supply pipe.

The *threaded* part of one end of the right-angled pipe is about 4mm
longer than the threaded part of the other end.

Would it be the *longer* threaded part that goes into the hob or the
*shorter* threaded part?

Since I was supplied with a rubber washer to go into the hob
connection joint, should I use gas tape on both the threaded ends of
the right-angle pipe. Thanks for advice.

What is a hob?

uk-ese for kitchen stove- Hide quoted text -

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And that's how the language changes!
'Hob' also common, in North America, where wood stoves were used (and
even after that when some such stoves were converted to dual fuel)
wood/oil.
Also common expression where a kettle of hot water was kept 'on the
hob'. And as in saying "Come on in out of the cold and have a cup of
tea/coffee; the kettle is on the hob".
The term was also occasionally applied to a swinging bracket on some
stoves on which the kettle was placed after it had boiled, to keep it
hot or simmering.
Younger generations and/or the less well read, brought up with
electricity probably unlikely to be familiar with the term 'hob'.
Wife's grandmother who died at 101 in the 1970s would refer to her
wood stove as having four 'hobs'; these were the round metal sections/
covers in the heavy cast iron metal stove top that one would lift to
expose bottom of cooking pot to direct heat. She was a smart woman but
if one used a term such as 'data' or 'cyber' she wouldn't be be
familiar.