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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. -- Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk Sick and tired of Junk Snail Mail? Register with http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/ IME it works :-) |
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