Gas bottle just last 3 weeks

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I got a 5 plate stove top, with a 12kg weight gas bottle. The burners was for natural gas, I change it to lp gas one's. The plates work fine, but the gas bottle only last 3 weeks. I got one of those grey pressure valve thing on the bottle. The bottle is 2 meters from the stove top, smells no gas. It is use for normal daily cooking etc.

 

[The_Librarian]

We can get by for almost a month with a 9kg gas bottle.

There's only 9kg and 18kg bottles, where did you get a 12kg bottle from?

 

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We can get by for almost a month with a 9kg gas bottle.

There's only 9kg and 18kg bottles, where did you get a 12kg bottle from?

9kg gas, with metal=12kg.

 

[bwana]

We can get by for almost a month with a 9kg gas bottle.

There's only 9kg and 18kg bottles, where did you get a 12kg bottle from?

We get 2-3 months off a 9kg.

12kg available from our local hardware shop fwiw.

@op - did you remember to switch off the burners when you're not cooking?

 

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@op - did you remember to switch off the burners when you're not cooking?

Yes,

 

[backstreetboy]

Gas kills.

 

[longboy]

My 9Kg last around 3-4 weeks as well but I do use it a lot every day.

 

[The_Librarian]

Gas kills.

Electricity kills as well.

 

[longboy]

Electricity kills as well.

Not as quickly as gas. I almost died when I accidentally dutch oven'd myself.

 

[Budza]

Not as quickly as gas. I almost died when I accidentally dutch oven'd myself.

 

[bigboy529]

Did this only happen with a bottle once or isn't it the first time?
The reason why I ask is because from time to time in the past we got a single bottle which didn't last as long and the gas even burnt slightly different.

Some gas hobs use more gas than others, but 9 kg in 3 weeks doesn't sound right unless you are cooking for 2 - 3 even more hours per day. We also have a 5 plate hob used for normal cooking plus the domestic uses it from time to time during the day, a 18 kg lasts us around 3 months.

Something else you can look at, if you switch on all 5 burners at the same time full blast, does the bottle get cold as in freezing cold? If this is the case then you should make sure that the size regulator you got on there is correct. If it is the correct size regulator then you must start using the bigger 18 kg bottles.
Can't remember the technicalities, but it has something to do with the flow rate, if your hob's flow rate is too high for the size bottle, then it will freez up.

I'd say best would be to get a certified installer out to your place to check out your installation, check all pyping for leaks, your regulator and gas jets. Last week I paid R550 for someone to come out which included a hour of labour, R500 odd is worthit considering how much you spend on gas at the moment.

 

[Surv0]

We have a gas hub, 5 plate... lasts us 3-4 months, cooking daily. Our oven is electric though which lightens the gas load. but 3 weeks is far too short.

 

[Hosehead]

Was getting 6 months ! It's not air freshener y know .
Check for leaks in tubing and at connectors especially outdoors ones

 

[CamiKaze]

Maybe check if there are no leaks in the pipe from the cylinder to the stove.

 

[spiff]

you should get a gas detector.

https://www.pricecheck.co.za/search?search=yale+gas+detector

my 9kg last me 3-4 months

 

[isie]

I got a 5 plate stove top, with a 12kg weight gas bottle. The burners was for natural gas, I change it to lp gas one's. The plates work fine, but the gas bottle only last 3 weeks. I got one of those grey pressure valve thing on the bottle. The bottle is 2 meters from the stove top, smells no gas. It is use for normal daily cooking etc.

Maybe your regulator is faulty, you have a leak or just leaving the gas to burn on for no reason?

a 9Kg tank lasts us about 6 months

 

[isie]

I got a 5 plate stove top, with a 12kg weight gas bottle. The burners was for natural gas, I change it to lp gas one's. .

sorry i just reread you post what exactly did you do to change it from a natural to LPG?
this isn't a simple swap conector story .
Natural Gas you need to burn a lot more to get the same energy from LPG - more then double actually (LPG - 93.2MJ/m3 vs Natural 38.7MJ/m3)
so if you haven't done the conversion correctly, you burning LPG at a Natural gas rate hence wasting
That's just one difference, there is the oxygen content LPG needs more then Natural.
so if this conversion want done right - that might be the issue

 

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The gas flame were very high and orange, took a pic of the serial number and all the info, took to a gas shop. They sent it to whirlpool and whirlpool send them the new smaller jets, I replace them and now the flame is blue and looks like correct according to you tube. But what I found is that my family only use the plates on high always, I need to train them

 

[isie]

The gas flame were very high and orange, took a pic of the serial number and all the info, took to a gas shop. They sent it to whirlpool and whirlpool send them the new smaller jets, I replace them and now the flame is blue and looks like correct according to you tube. But what I found is that my family only use the plates on high always, I need to train them

Yellow flame meant incomplete combustion -not enough air so wasting gas your family were using it on high wasn't really the cause of wastage , but probably as a result of - because it wasn't getting hot enough - they figured put it higher.

 

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Yellow flame meant incomplete combustion -not enough air so wasting gas your family were using it on high wasn't really the cause of wastage , but probably as a result of - because it wasn't getting hot enough - they figured put it higher.

After every meal the pots had to be cleaned outside as well.[gas burnt] [roet]

Thinking of it, a fellow worker had a gas heater, when running a weekend on all 3 elements, the bottle was empty.