- 1. [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stone <jandkstone99@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 22:05:17 -0500
- I will soon be replacing my BBQ grill and need to decide if I should stay with natural gas or switch to propane. This may seem like a strange thing to ponder, given the fact that we already have a ga
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- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 23:29:06 -0400
- with grill than B Have certainly an Did you ever investigate the size of your line and the pressure? Or if the grill has the right orrifices for natural gas? -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com ____
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- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: David Hillman <hillman@planet-torque.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 00:03:43 -0400 (EDT)
- I have a combo grill, natural gas and charcoal ( make and model escape me at the moment ). I prefer using the coal, but when in a hurry, will fire up the gas side and cook whatever. Heat has never be
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- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: Tom & Marge FitzGibbon <fitzgibbon3@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 12:48:48 +0000 (UTC)
- We have three grills - an MHP natural gas grill , CaharBroilB propane grillB and a Weber kettle charcoal grill.B The CharBroil propane grill never really gets hot even enough, but both the charcoal a
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- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stone <jandkstone99@msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 08:35:11 -0500
- Thanks guys. The grill definitely has the right jets for natural gas; it was purchased directly from Weber (my father used to be a Weber distributor) and came with the gas hook up lines. I can't say
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- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 07:02:52 -0700
- My neighbor converted his propane grill to natural gas, drilling out the orifices. It took a while to dial in the correct heat output on the burners due to the operating pressures of each fuel and th
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- 7. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 11:10:50 -0400
- burners Which is a pretty silly way to measure, since mass/volume varies with pressure. Propane suppliers like it, because of the higher normal working pressure makes propane look better. The useful
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- 8. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 08:45:18 -0700
- cubic feet, 45,000 btu/hr, but he doesn't have that, he's got a 1/4" pipe. I don't have a chart for the capacity of 1/4 pipe, but I'm sure it's not 45Kbtu/hr. Agreed. The < inch pipe is likely the i
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- 9. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>
- Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2011 09:24:30 -0700
- Go back to wood :) I have had the displeasure of cooking on propane and natural gas at friends houses, the natural gas units always seem to get much hotter than propane and also had better flame/heat
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- 10. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 10:48:32 -0700
- LOL. This is why I have not yet converted my propane unit to Natural gas, even though I had a gas line brought out to the deck when I installed a gas dryer. I run my smoker on lump charcoal too. Rea
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- 11. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 10:57:21 -0700
- Which, stupid or not, would be one solution to the problem at hand (assuming that running proper sized pipe is difficult). -- Randall _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.
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- 12. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stone <jandkstone99@msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 15:06:44 -0500
- Thanks guys. That makes a lot of sense. Just to be sure we are all on the same page, I want to be sure you noticed that only the last 2 feet of the line is 1/4 inch. The other 16 or so feet is 1/2 i
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- 13. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: Ben Zwissler <bjzwissler@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:39:58 -0400
- Q: Does the last two feet limit all that came before it? A: Yes. The smallest cross-section anywhere in the run will limit the flow. Ben Zwissler bjzwissler@gmail.com Columbus, IN 1966 Triumph TR4A 1
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- 14. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 15:12:04 -0700
- Don't forget, the area of the pipe is proportional to the square of the diameter. So your 1/4 pipe has only 1/4 the cross-sectional area of the 1/2" pipe. Think of putting your thumb over the end of
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- 15. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 19:15:25 -0400
- If it's really 18 feet to the regulator, and it's not a twisty run, 20' of 1/2" type K copper pipe can supply 52K btu/hr, which may or may not enough to run the grill. (It should have a requirement i
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- 16. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stone <jandkstone99@msn.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 18:27:56 -0500
- Thanks again guys. We are going to have to replace the pipe soon anyway, as we are putting a small addition on to the back of our house. It will be a while before we are ready for the new pipe, but I
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- 17. Re: [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: BJNoSHOV8 <bjshov8@tx.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:16:41 -0500
- Well a little bit no but mostly yes. Everything from point A to point B can affect the flow. In other words for every foot of the bigger tubing there is a certain amount of loss in pressure, for ever
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- 18. [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: jandkstone99 at msn.com (Jim Stone)
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 22:05:17 -0500
- I will soon be replacing my BBQ grill and need to decide if I should stay with natural gas or switch to propane. This may seem like a strange thing to ponder, given the fact that we already have a ga
- /html/shop-talk/2011-04/msg00213.html (9,308 bytes)
- 19. [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: dmscheidt at gmail.com (David Scheidt)
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 23:29:06 -0400
- with grill than B Have certainly an Did you ever investigate the size of your line and the pressure? Or if the grill has the right orrifices for natural gas? -- David Scheidt dmscheidt at gmail.com
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- 20. [Shop-talk] Natural Gas vs Propane Grills (score: 1)
- Author: hillman at planet-torque.com (David Hillman)
- Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 00:03:43 -0400 (EDT)
- I have a combo grill, natural gas and charcoal ( make and model escape me at the moment ). I prefer using the coal, but when in a hurry, will fire up the gas side and cook whatever. Heat has never be
- /html/shop-talk/2011-04/msg00215.html (9,211 bytes)
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