Serenity Malc Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Yello, Could someone please inform me of what's involved in converting a standard natural gas cooker to LPG ? Is it simply a swap out of the 4 hob jets and the grill oven burners remain the same ? Thanks in advance .... Malc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Yello, Could someone please inform me of what's involved in converting a standard natural gas cooker to LPG ? Is it simply a swap out of the 4 hob jets and the grill oven burners remain the same ? Thanks in advance .... Malc. I'm pretty sure all the burners have to be changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Yello, Could someone please inform me of what's involved in converting a standard natural gas cooker to LPG ? Is it simply a swap out of the 4 hob jets and the grill oven burners remain the same ? Thanks in advance .... Malc. Hi Its a doddle usualy only need to change the main jets taht supply the others. On mine I changed the oven one adn one that supplied the four ring burners. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottle Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 All jets have to be changed. (or they did on my daughters) With new cookers they generally come with natural gas jets fitted and LPG jets in a plastic bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cariad Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 on our hotpoint cooker all jets needed to be changed. the hob jets were a piece of cake , but the both ovens were a lot more difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commodore Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 (edited) The hob and grill will require injectors and possible adjustment of simmer control, the oven will require injector and possibly the FFD replacing, some even the thermostat. NOT A D.I.Y JOB. Edited August 19, 2012 by The Commodore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudd Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 All jets have to be changed. (or they did on my daughters) With new cookers they generally come with natural gas jets fitted and LPG jets in a plastic bag. Not if it's a Stoves hob it won't. I had to pay thirty or forty quid for a set. Rip off if you ask me. Steve P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmms Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Yello, Could someone please inform me of what's involved in converting a standard natural gas cooker to LPG ? Is it simply a swap out of the 4 hob jets and the grill oven burners remain the same ? Thanks in advance .... Malc. Hotpoint and BEKO supply lpg injectors FOC after you have purchased the cooker and given them the serial No, they no longer include them with the cookers although some hob units do come withe the injectors in the box. Paul M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Yello, Could someone please inform me of what's involved in converting a standard natural gas cooker to LPG ? Is it simply a swap out of the 4 hob jets and the grill oven burners remain the same ? Thanks in advance .... Malc. No such thing as a 'standard' natural gas cooker. Read the instructions manual that came with the cooker. It will give you chapter and verse. Most cookers are convertible, some are not. If convertible, all jets will require changing including the grill and oven jets. If you are planning on using the converted cooker in a boat it will need flame supervision on the gas rings and grill as well as the oven. Few ordinary NG cookers have this. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Malc Posted August 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Yello, Thanks for all the advice peeps ..... my son has a mint condition cooker available to me for free and it's only a very slightly different trim model than the grubby LPG one in my boat .... hence my conversion question. On digging in Google, I find that LPG jets are required to be about half the bore size of natural gas jets due to the higher energy per unit ...... so I'm guessing that everything will need to be changed. Thanks again .... Malc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Yello, Thanks for all the advice peeps ..... my son has a mint condition cooker available to me for free and it's only a very slightly different trim model than the grubby LPG one in my boat .... hence my conversion question. Chances are high that you could use the jets from the old one then. But CHECK THE MANUAL. On digging in Google, I find that LPG jets are required to be about half the bore size of natural gas jets due to the higher energy per unit ...... so I'm guessing that everything will need to be changed. No need to guess. READ THE MANUAL! Mike P.S. don't overlook the flame supervision issue. This might explain the 'slight difference in trim' you mention... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Malc Posted August 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Yello, Thanks Mike ..... flame supervision. That's the device that stops gas going to the hob burners when Me Julie knocks a hob controller with her butt when washing up ? Point taken .... I always wondered how that worked ! Cheers Malc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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