Propane vs. LPG
 

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 17:37:05 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote:

| I have a gas-fired pottery kiln. In our previous house, I used to fire
| it with propane (orange cylinders), as no mains gas available. In our
| 'new' house we have an LPG tank in the garden for central heating etc.
| Am I correct in assuming that I can run the kiln using the LPG without
| changing the jets in the burners? Perhaps I should add that the
| controls on the kiln include gas pressure, primary and secondary air
| flow, and that firing is not an exact science, requiring frequent
| monitoring of temperature rise, flame conditions etc. I don't expect
| that the kiln will fire exactly as it used to, and just need to know
| that changing to LPG isn't a complete no-no.

The stuff they fill your tank with is propane, even though they call it
LPG.
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