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Cooking on gas uses relatively little gas compared to space and water heating. Does anyone know if natural gas stoves can run on propane? Perhaps people could r

by ip26 5y ago

Cooking on gas uses relatively little gas compared to space and water heating. Does anyone know if natural gas stoves can run on propane? Perhaps people could run their gas stove “off grid” as a compromise…

UncleMeat 5y ago
Yes. You can get a tank and have it filled every so often.
HarryHirsch 5y ago
If you had natural gas before the nozzles will have to be changed, but yes, you can run a stove off a propane/butane tank.
gkop 5y ago
Quality gas stoves can be easily converted to propane. Doing as you propose would be in violation of urban building codes.
simonsarris 5y ago
Yes, almost all natural gas appliances can be converted to propane, and come with the instructions to do so. In NH natural gas is only in the cities, all rural houses (that want it) use 100-500 gallon propane tanks instead. It's very common here. When I built my house new in 2018 I installed a 500 gallon tank for the heating system + cooking. (Though the house is primarily heated with a wood stove)
kemiller 5y ago
Everyone here is right that you can sub for propane with little modification. Propane actually has higher energy density than methane, too, so it creates higher heat with less fuel. Seems like the best solution — allow restaurants to install propane tanks and even subsidize conversion. Could be challenging in dense cities though.
HWR_14 5y ago
It's a violation of federal regulations to store more than 2lbs of propane inside living spaces/kitchens. Those big 20lbs are supposed to be stored in garages/outside. Obviously, people break that all the time, but a compromise that requires people to do so seems bad.
- throaway46546 5y ago
  So put a tank outside and plumb it to the stove.
  - HWR_14 5y ago
    I could, but my current solution of having a pipe connected to a bigger pipe, to a pipe in the street, etc. keeps me from having to change cylinders and is far more efficient.

by ip26 5y ago

UncleMeat 5y ago

Yes. You can get a tank and have it filled every so often.

HarryHirsch 5y ago

If you had natural gas before the nozzles will have to be changed, but yes, you can run a stove off a propane/butane tank.

gkop 5y ago

Quality gas stoves can be easily converted to propane. Doing as you propose would be in violation of urban building codes.

simonsarris 5y ago

Yes, almost all natural gas appliances can be converted to propane, and come with the instructions to do so. In NH natural gas is only in the cities, all rural houses (that want it) use 100-500 gallon propane tanks instead. It's very common here. When I built my house new in 2018 I installed a 500 gallon tank for the heating system + cooking. (Though the house is primarily heated with a wood stove)

kemiller 5y ago

Everyone here is right that you can sub for propane with little modification. Propane actually has higher energy density than methane, too, so it creates higher heat with less fuel. Seems like the best solution — allow restaurants to install propane tanks and even subsidize conversion. Could be challenging in dense cities though.

HWR_14 5y ago

It's a violation of federal regulations to store more than 2lbs of propane inside living spaces/kitchens. Those big 20lbs are supposed to be stored in garages/outside. Obviously, people break that all the time, but a compromise that requires people to do so seems bad.

throaway46546 5y ago
So put a tank outside and plumb it to the stove.
- HWR_14 5y ago
  I could, but my current solution of having a pipe connected to a bigger pipe, to a pipe in the street, etc. keeps me from having to change cylinders and is far more efficient.