Re: Converting a gas cooker to LPG - conflicting advice!

Jan 20, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 7 Replies


Can anyone help, please? Last year I bought a Stoves gas cooker (mains


> gas model), and was told by the shop (small independent) who sold it to
> me that, if I should ever move to a house without mains gas, it would be
> possible to convert it to LPG.
>
> I'm now about to do just that; (the village I'm moving to has no gas at
> all) - and the manufacturers of my cooker tell me categorically that it
> *can't* be converted. Or rather, it *could*, but only as a bodge that
> would be downright dangerous. Of course they won't explain the technical
> details (they seem to think it's classified information); they just
> reiterate the "No, No, No" approach.
> look under the aluminium section of the burners. I expect it will say Sabaf, that's the maker of the burner. not the assembler of the appliance.

then look up Sabaf's web site. and get the right brass jets. the gas pressure will be controlled by the regulator mounted on the Propane or Butane cylinder 37mBar for propane or 28mBar for Butane its simple. Good Luck


So the makers say one thing; the specialist supplier says another. They
> both have an obvious vested interest in taking their particular stance.
> The Corgi engineer who did all the gas work on my present house is
> scratching his head and doesn't know whom to believe. He can see no
> logical reason why the cooker shouldn't be convertible, but at the same
> time, he doesn't believe in taking any chances where gas is concerned. >
> Does anyone have a definitive answer? The cooker cost a packet, works
> beautifully, and I don't want to wave it goodbye unless I absolutely > have to :-(
>
> TIA!
> --
> Louise Cooper

snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com formulated the question :

Correct, just a simple change of jet sizing.

The cooker probably needs replacing by now.

polygonum_on_google wrote on 20/01/2020 :

Sorry, one of those posts from wayback.

We have a new record a reply to post 21yrs and 5 months old.

Richard

And all of them could be dead in the intermediate years since the question was asked. Brian

I have no memory of writing that but it serves as an example.

Owain

The necromancers are going ape s*it over this.

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