Is 10mm microbore suitable for gas cooker

mick

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Oct 6, 2005, 2:58:52 PM10/6/05

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Would 10 mm microbore be ample to feed a 5 ring range cooker or would i need
15mm copper tubing.

have built extension so need to reroute gas suppply by about 15 m so
microbore would be easier on my proposed route. would this beableto feed
enough gas through

thanks

mick

Dave Jones

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Oct 6, 2005, 3:05:04 PM10/6/05

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"mick" <mickmo...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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I take it your not a competent person then!

Brian G

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Oct 6, 2005, 4:22:12 PM10/6/05

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Mick,

Bear in mind that you are legally responsible for the work that you do on
the gas side if things if it goes wrong. And if they do, you will be
standing before the fella with red robes and white wig who could give you a
spell at her majesty's pleasure - presuming of course you survive the
'bang'.

If your post was a light hearted send-up - fair enough. If it WAS a serious
question, then please seek some professional advice from a qualified gas
fitter.

Oh! And to answer the question - no!

All the best

Brian G

Ed Sirett

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Oct 6, 2005, 5:29:18 PM10/6/05

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It can support (assuming the pipe came straight from the meter)
0.3 m^3/hr which is 38,600/3600 *0.3 = 3.2kW

If you don't what that means then get some in to do it in 15mm.

--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
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mick

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Oct 7, 2005, 3:27:30 PM10/7/05

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Thanks Ed.
The main burner puts out 3.7Kw so i guess 15mm it is
Thank you

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Andy Wade

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Oct 8, 2005, 8:35:57 AM10/8/05

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Ed Sirett wrote:

> It can support (assuming the pipe came straight from the meter)
> 0.3 m^3/hr

Surely the length of the pipe has to come into the calculation (flow
rate for 1 mb end-end pressure drop)?

--
Andy

Rob Morley

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Oct 8, 2005, 9:56:04 AM10/8/05

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In article <4347bd2d$0$30311$da0f...@news.zen.co.uk>,
spamb...@ajwade.clara.co.uk says...

OP mentioned 15 metres

Ed Sirett

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Oct 8, 2005, 4:59:19 PM10/8/05

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Which is the length I took and used to look up.

Rob Morley

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Oct 8, 2005, 6:22:56 PM10/8/05

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In article <pan.2005.10.08....@makewrite.demon.co.uk>,
e...@makewrite.demon.co.uk says...

> On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 14:56:04 +0100, Rob Morley wrote:
>
> > In article <4347bd2d$0$30311$da0f...@news.zen.co.uk>,
> > spamb...@ajwade.clara.co.uk says...
> >> Ed Sirett wrote:
> >>
> >> > It can support (assuming the pipe came straight from the meter)
> >> > 0.3 m^3/hr
> >>
> >> Surely the length of the pipe has to come into the calculation (flow
> >> rate for 1 mb end-end pressure drop)?
> >>
> > OP mentioned 15 metres
>
>
> Which is the length I took and used to look up.
>
>

I thought you probably did :-)

Andy Wade

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Oct 9, 2005, 5:12:54 AM10/9/05

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Rob Morley wrote:

> In article <pan.2005.10.08....@makewrite.demon.co.uk>,
> e...@makewrite.demon.co.uk says...
>
>>On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 14:56:04 +0100, Rob Morley wrote:
>>
>>>In article <4347bd2d$0$30311$da0f...@news.zen.co.uk>,
>>>spamb...@ajwade.clara.co.uk says...
>>>
>>>>Ed Sirett wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>It can support (assuming the pipe came straight from the meter)
>>>>>0.3 m^3/hr
>>>>
>>>>Surely the length of the pipe has to come into the calculation (flow
>>>>rate for 1 mb end-end pressure drop)?
>>>
>>>OP mentioned 15 metres
>>
>>
>>Which is the length I took and used to look up.
>
> I thought you probably did :-)

And which I missed. Apologies.

--
Andy