New Gas Range

[deanocraft]

We can稚 seem to cook on an electric stove. It seems we can never get the heat right, and if it ever gets too hot, it stays that way long after you turn the heat down. My wife had finally had enough and bought a beautiful new range. It got delivered and I installed it. All is good, except I think the pressure in our propane system may be too high. I say this because I can稚 get the gas to turn down low enough to cook rice without burning it. I知 from Louisiana, and rice is important to me...

I had to change all of the orifices to convert the stove from natural gas to LP gas. I am comfortable that I read and followed the directions correctly. There were no extra parts when I finished. I have had natural gas stoves for most of my life and I know what the low setting should look like. This seems too high. This is the first gas range I ever had that runs on propane, though.

The stove instructions say a LP gas system should provide between 11 and 13 inches of water column. How do I test this? If it is too high, how do I adjust it?

 

[Zippo1]

We can稚 seem to cook on an electric stove. It seems we can never get the heat right, and if it ever gets too hot, it stays that way long after you turn the heat down. My wife had finally had enough and bought a beautiful new range. It got delivered and I installed it. All is good, except I think the pressure in our propane system may be too high. I say this because I can稚 get the gas to turn down low enough to cook rice without burning it. I知 from Louisiana, and rice is important to me...

I had to change all of the orifices to convert the stove from natural gas to LP gas. I am comfortable that I read and followed the directions correctly. There were no extra parts when I finished. I have had natural gas stoves for most of my life and I know what the low setting should look like. This seems too high. This is the first gas range I ever had that runs on propane, though.

The stove instructions say a LP gas system should provide between 11 and 13 inches of water column. How do I test this? If it is too high, how do I adjust it?

I don't know how to test it but my recommendation would be to contact the company that sells you the propane. They should be able to check the pressure quickly and safely - probably for free.

 

[ultrarunner]

Manometer to check inches of water...

It could be high... we had to boost at the ranch because the furnace wouldn't work right in cold weather... the supplier checked and said the boost is ok but no higher... the alternative would have been a larger tank/bigger line.

 

[bunyip]

We use gas burners with one induction plate (6 hotplates in all), getting the temperature right on that is a breeze and very little residual heat when turned off, also very fast on heat up but for long slow cooking we prefer that plate to the gas hobs.
Italian made stove called Glem.

 

[SimS]

The stove instructions say a LP gas system should provide between 11 and 13 inches of water column. How do I test this? If it is too high, how do I adjust it?

Does your stove have a regulator at/on the stove line? On our installation we had to order LP orfices and regulator. BTW 11-13 WC is less than .5 psi so you're going to need a manometer or a low pressure gauge.

SimS

 

[Gem99ultra]

Most gas stoves have a fine adjustment within the control knob. Most have a center plug that appears to be to hold the knob in place - however, within that center socket there's a small flat head orifice control to fine tune the flame height. ...you're welcome. That neat feature cost me $75 for a service call to learn.

Most likely your propane pressure level is okay. Fifteen psi is the normal max and is easily adjustable; your propane delivery or tech guy can set that in 5 minutes or less. And that as well as other safety valves were most likely checked during their first delivery. I do not, however, recommend that you set out to set the main pressure diaphragm yourself - leave that to the pros.

 

[Deere Dude]

We can稚 seem to cook on an electric stove. It seems we can never get the heat right, and if it ever gets too hot, it stays that way long after you turn the heat down. My wife had finally had enough and bought a beautiful new range. It got delivered and I installed it. All is good, except I think the pressure in our propane system may be too high. I say this because I can稚 get the gas to turn down low enough to cook rice without burning it. I知 from Louisiana, and rice is important to me...

I had to change all of the orifices to convert the stove from natural gas to LP gas. I am comfortable that I read and followed the directions correctly. There were no extra parts when I finished. I have had natural gas stoves for most of my life and I know what the low setting should look like. This seems too high. This is the first gas range I ever had that runs on propane, though.

The stove instructions say a LP gas system should provide between 11 and 13 inches of water column. How do I test this? If it is too high, how do I adjust it?

What is the layout of your system and is it a brand new system? Are there existing water heaters, furnaces already running on this system?

My system has a high pressure regulator at the tank to taking the pressure from 150# approx down to a couple pounds? Not sure of the exact number. Then another regulator on the house that takes it to 11" WC. This runs the furnace, grill, water heater and a new gas stove we just put in. This gas stove was a new setup in our canning garage and we just had to change orifices and it took right off with the right height of flame.

 

[Wakey]

Deano,

This is it.. Amazon.com: Norpro Heat Diffuser: Heat Defuser: Kitchen & Dining

I need to get 1 more, 2 isn't enough for me. I can't even simmer beans on my range without it.

 

[JRobyn]

Gem99 nailed it. There's a LOW fire adjustment, almost always set way too high from the factory.

 

[MossRoad]

Most gas stoves have a fine adjustment within the control knob. Most have a center plug that appears to be to hold the knob in place - however, within that center socket there's a small flat head orifice control to fine tune the flame height. ...you're welcome. That neat feature cost me $75 for a service call to learn.
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I never knew that. Thanks!! :thumbsup:

 

[deanocraft]

Thank you for the response so far! I appreciate the help. Also, sorry for the strange characters... I think my iPhone has the gl段tch.

Yesterday was the first meal cooked on the new baby, so I was pretty inexperienced with it. On close inspection, the right front burner is the only one with a 都immer setting. The right rear looks like it might work for simmering, though.

I yanked on the knobs and cannot get them to come off to check for an adjustment screw. I checked out the regulator on the back of the stove and could not find any adjustment screw.

 

[bunyip]

I think our adjustments are in the centre of the burner when the cover is off, just remember watching the plumber setting it up after changing the jets for LP gas as ours came with mains gas jets, we do not have a mains gas supply so have to use bottles, I call them torpedoes as that is what they look like, one lasts us about 2 1/2 years.

 

[Oldpath05]

I hooked my new gas stove up in 06, then last year at this time wife comes home from shopping and smells gas, open windows and shut the gas off. I get home from work and said we better call someone who knows this gas stuff. Next day she finds someone to check it after hrs at night when I was home.

So we pulled the stove out from the wall, he looks it over, I ask him, did I have the gas line hooked up right thinking I did, he shakes his head and said not even close. He says first you have teflon tape tape on the connections, a big no no, second you have steel fittings, that's wrong. I said wow didn't know that, do you have time to fix it tonight, he said yup, got the right fittings and new flex gas line in my truck, about an hr later had it all hooked up and he took his leak meteor around all the connections, I slept good that night even after the $100.00 bill.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

We can稚 seem to cook on an electric stove. It seems we can never get the heat right, and if it ever gets too hot, it stays that way long after you turn the heat down. My wife had finally had enough and bought a beautiful new range. It got delivered and I installed it. All is good, except I think the pressure in our propane system may be too high. I say this because I can稚 get the gas to turn down low enough to cook rice without burning it. I知 from Louisiana, and rice is important to me...

I had to change all of the orifices to convert the stove from natural gas to LP gas. I am comfortable that I read and followed the directions correctly. There were no extra parts when I finished. I have had natural gas stoves for most of my life and I know what the low setting should look like. This seems too high. This is the first gas range I ever had that runs on propane, though.

The stove instructions say a LP gas system should provide between 11 and 13 inches of water column. How do I test this? If it is too high, how do I adjust it?

CALL THE PROPANE COMPANY. NOW. This is not a home owner dyi...

 

[oldnslo]

What brand of stove is this? I recently purchased a new GE and the instructions for changing the orifices also included the instructions for adjusting the low flame. On the GE you had to pull the knobs off and use a long skinny straight screw driver to carefully adjust the flame height at the lowest setting.

Instructions also included how to convert the regulator from NG to LP.



No clue on how model works.

 

[deanocraft]

So... I took a better look at the instructions... It appears there is mention of how to address this issue in the instructions... Just for your info, an adjustment screw is behind each knob, just as oldnslo said! I should have continued reading until the end... Anyway, here is the new baby! I'm looking forward to not burning rice on this puppy for a long time. Thanks for your help!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I didn't read all the answers here, but last year I replaced our propane range and the burners don't go as low on the new one as they did on the old one. I just think it's exactly THAT, the burners don't go as low as they use to!

SO, to fix this when I cook rice ect., I use a "pot lifters" between the flame and the pot. I used them with the old stove for simmering soups ect..., now I use them a bit more than I use to, in fact some times I use two of them IF I'm looking for a really small gentle heat, to hit the pot..

I like the ones Lodge makes and that's the ones I use most of the time...

SR

 

[dieselscout80]

Can new gas stoves work without electricity in cases where the power is out like the older ones can?

 

[deanocraft]

Dieselscout, my wife actually told me that this one does work if the power is out. She picked it out based on several factors, but that was one of them. She was happy to get this one, which I guess is last year's model, because the model now has been changed to add wi-fi... We don't believe wi-fi is necessary in a stove... I can picture having folks over for dinner and having to tell them the food will be late, we have to re-boot the stove!

 

[Deere Dude]

Can new gas stoves work without electricity in cases where the power is out like the older ones can?

The electronic igniter may not work, but everything will operate when started with a match.