"Wayne Whitney" wrote in message
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On 2010-07-06, The Post Quartermaster
wrote:

It seems to me, as I just bought all the same type and size for
everything --- not yet hooked up--- that it would be the individual
orafices in each appliance that would govern, not the dang hose.

That's not how it works--instead the pressure loss accumulates from
all the different parts of the system between the gas regulator and
the appliance. In fact, I believe the flex hose at the end is often
a
larger source of pressure loss than the fixed piping leading up to
it.
If the total pressure drop is too high, the appliance does not get
enough natural gas and you'll have a problem.

Cheers, Wayne


So, what if I use the largest hose, 5/8ths, on everything. It still
seems like the orafice would be the governing factor. All of the gas
inlet shut-offs require a 5/8ths female connector. I didn't pay any
attention to all the different choices (regarding the opposite end
being of different sizes) so I just bought all 5/8ths. I already had
several of those universal hook-up kits but none of those had the
5/8ths male connectors. So, I guess what I'm now wondering is if you
just use one of the various adapters/reducers etc from the kit to get
down to where you need to be.

tks