I have a rangemaster cooker, works fine except the main central gas flame is pretty pathetic and feeble. Its always been this way and I am getting fed up with the inability to make a decent stir fry with it.
I used to have a lacanche with this flame - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ9iJuTz6zY
And want to at least increase the pathetic flame on the rangemaster a little.

So how best to increase gas and air to the ring? Fit a larger jet? Drill it out to the next size up? Or increase gas pressure by fitting an adjustable gas regulator on the gas bottle?

Cheers,
Steve

Mr Sandman Wrote in message:
I have a rangemaster cooker, works fine except the main central gas flame is pretty pathetic and feeble. It?s always been this way and I am getting fed up with the inability to make a decent stir fry with it.
I used to have a lacanche with this flame - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ9iJuTz6zY
And want to at least increase the pathetic flame on the rangemaster a little.

So how best to increase gas and air to the ring? Fit a larger jet? Drill it out to the next size up? Or increase gas pressure by fitting an adjustable gas regulator on the gas bottle?

Cheers,
Steve


All those options sound dangerous and unlikely to achieve what you
want. The burner output/air mixing etc is all "engineered in" and
isn't designed to be adjusted or modified.

If you have counter space, consider an induction wok heater.

https://www.ecatering.co.uk/buy/chef...-induction-wok
-hob-3kw-heavy-duty-bt-500d_254.htm?vat=vat_yes&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3Kzd
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Tim
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On Wednesday, 26 September 2018 10:52:13 UTC+1, Mr Sandman wrote:

I have a rangemaster cooker, works fine except the main central gas flame is pretty pathetic and feeble. Its always been this way and I am getting fed up with the inability to make a decent stir fry with it.
I used to have a lacanche with this flame - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ9iJuTz6zY
And want to at least increase the pathetic flame on the rangemaster a little.

So how best to increase gas and air to the ring? Fit a larger jet? Drill it out to the next size up? Or increase gas pressure by fitting an adjustable gas regulator on the gas bottle?

Cheers,
Steve

Jet size controls air/gas mix, so no to that. Gas pressure controls flame size, so it might be worth checking you've got full rated pressure. Modification or use out of spec would create legal issues.


NT

After serious thinking Tim+ wrote :
All those options sound dangerous and unlikely to achieve what you
want. The burner output/air mixing etc is all "engineered in" and
isn't designed to be adjusted or modified.

The jet and the air will be configured for what should be the maximum
gas input to gas ring.

I had a gas ring (grill) where the jet fitted was marked with the
correct size, but drilled to small. It was so weak, it took forever to
grill anything. I carefully redrilled to the correct size and it then
worked fine. Another possibility is a jet partially blocked, which can
be cleared with a fine wire.

Drilling jets would need a set of micro drill bits, which are not
cheap.

I will remover the jet to see wha5 size it is, maybe buy the next size up, see if it helps. I suspect there will be a point where increasing the size of the hole causes there to be too much gas and not enough air and create a blow torch effect? Too much air and you get yellow flames and soot right?

On 26/09/2018 15:56, Mr Sandman wrote:
I will remover the jet to see wha5 size it is, maybe buy the next size up, see if it helps. I suspect there will be a point where increasing the size of the hole causes there to be too much gas and not enough air and create a blow torch effect? Too much air and you get yellow flames and soot right?

That's usually too little air, resulting in incomplete combustion.



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Cheers,

John.

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On Wednesday, 26 September 2018 15:56:51 UTC+1, Mr Sandman wrote:
I will remover the jet to see wha5 size it is, maybe buy the next size up, see if it helps. I suspect there will be a point where increasing the size of the hole causes there to be too much gas and not enough air and create a blow torch effect? Too much air and you get yellow flames and soot right?

and CO and death


NT

After serious thinking John Rumm wrote :
That's usually too little air, resulting in incomplete combustion.

...and production of carbon monoxide and potentially death!

On 26/09/2018 11:02, Tim+ wrote:
If you have counter space, consider an induction wok heater.

https://www.ecatering.co.uk/buy/chef...-induction-wok
-hob-3kw-heavy-duty-bt-500d_254.htm?vat=vat_yes&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3Kzd
BRDWARIsAIJ8TMSAhVMAV2icTua4cdyPIUXl43DpSIu5GlnhX1 D3sLq-aOOj-ibjB6
4aAitKEALw_wcB

To save anyone else unwrapping that

https://www.ecatering.co.uk/buy/chef-king-heavy-duty-induction-wok-hob-3kw-heavy-duty-bt-500d_254.htm
AKA http://tinyurl.com/y9soqunv

I haven't seen an induction wok burner before. How do you make sure the
wok has the right bottom curve?

Andy