Changing from Electric to Gas Range
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Anyone changed out a Bluestar Range from natural gas to propane?
Comments (2)I don't have any experience with these expensive stoves. However, my impression is that they are designed like old classic simple stoves and therefore would probably only need a specific gas regulator designed for propane. I looked on the Bluestar site and their install manual is listed. Here is what appears to be the answer I expected for you. This appliance can be configured to work with either natural gas or LP gas. Verify that the appliance and the incoming gas supply are compatible. Check the rating plate. 3. The gas supply line must be the same size or larger than the gas inlet of the appli- ance. Your appliance has either a ýâ NPT or þâ NPT gas inlet connection. We recommend the supply line be üâ NPT larger than the gas inlet of the appliance. 4. Sealant used on pipe joints must be resis- tant to LP gas. 5. An installer provided manual shut-off valve must be installed in the gas supply line ahead of the appliance. This shut-off must be easily accessible in case of emer- gency. 6. All gas cooking equipment must have a pressure regulator on the incoming service line for safe and effi cient operation. This appliance is equipped with such a gas pressure regulator. Incoming gas pressure should be checked with a manometer. The correct manifold pressure for natural gas is 5.0â wc. For LP gas the correct manifold pressure is 10â wc....See MoreOur daughter wants to change from an electric stove to a gas range
Comments (32)The problem is that as long as the majority of electric energy is produced from fossil fuels, you are wasting a lot of energy in the intermediate steps. Conversions are really wasteful. In an ideal scenario, you might get 60% of your energy out, when you convert it from burning fossil fuels to electricity. In practice, it often isn't much better than 30% though. Similarly, getting energy to a household is wasteful. Until you get rid of fossil fuel electricity plants, you are much better off eliminating as many of these conversion steps as possible. That means, if you ultimately need heat, produce it locally instead of producing it remotely and then converting to electricity and back. Even if you do produce some electricity from renewal resources, your overall environmental impact is better, if you reserve that energy for users that actually need electricity directly instead of converting it back to heat. Conversions are that bad. The fact that your induction cooktop is clean doesn't really help, if it means the powerplant needs to burn more fossil fuel, because the energy demand goes up. Having said that, the amount of energy that you use for your stove is really minor in the big picture of things. And yes, in 20-30 years, our energy mix will look different. But that's still a long way out, as much as I wished it wasn't....See MoreGas vs electric ranges--had never considered electric, but now...
Comments (43)Another take on the induction question with a little sprinkle of humor. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/induction-cooking-emf-magnitude-vs-other-things-missus-is-a-bit-concerned/ Tim says, Ugh... If she's worried about cancer... dump her now? There's no convincing someone like that, to understand statistics and significance. At least that I've heard of. If you're looking for the opinion of an EE, I would gladly give you my opinion on the subject -- if you'd like it in writing, I can even sell your wife a certificate saying as much! Maybe that wouldn't help. I don't know. What are we talking about, anyway? Cooktops aren't always-on. They're either off until turned on, or pulsing infrequently to check if a pot is present. The RMS EMF at the surface is not very large either way, when not actively heating something. When heating, it's only large under the work being heated. EMF drops off rapidly with distance. If your wife is so strange that she finds it enjoyable to read books while laying over the cooktop, I might be concerned, but only for mental health reasons, not for EMF reasons. Or if shoving her head towards a pot that's being heated, I would be more concerned for safety reasons, and then mental health reasons... There are biological effects of EMF, but not at these field strengths. Not by orders of magnitude. The primary effect is simply dumb old heating. Diathermy machines, microwave ovens, and the military's ADS, operate on this mechanism. There is no biological effect beyond heating (obviously, too much heat and you cause burns, but that's not unique to EMF). Strong pulsed fields can induce voltages in neural tissue (transcranial magnetic stimulation), which do have direct neural effects, but these are temporary. Anything that produces fields with too little energy to cause noticeable heating, or pulse peaks strong enough to cause noticeable induction, is completely and utterly inconsequential. Example: ESD can have quite large (peak) EMF, but is over very quickly, and delivers very little energy (on a human scale). (Anyway, sparks are well known to cause people to involuntarily jump or twitch. But again, that's just a neural stimulation thing, nothing more.)...See MoreTexas Kitchen Reno Reveal
Comments (15)@vjs12 yes, your cabinet maker is correct. There's less space, but it isn't enough that I would change my mind if i had to do it over. However, I think full overlay can be just as beautiful. If your'e tight on space, do full overlay for sure. If you aren't, do what catches your eye the most. So many great examples of both on Houzz.....See Moreaprilmack
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