low gas pressure
Discussion
I've noticed recently that my gas cooker doesn't burn as strongly as it used to. In fact the wok burner is pretty useless now. However, occasionally the rings will suddenly burn much stronger for a few minutes and then go back down to how they were before.
This has been happening for the last few months. Could it be the regulator at the meter or possibly the supply fronm the street?
Any ideas?
This has been happening for the last few months. Could it be the regulator at the meter or possibly the supply fronm the street?
Any ideas?
robinhood21 said:
Does this coincide with your CH boiler firing up? If so, would say a new gas supply pipe is needed.
yes it does. So, do you mean the supply to my property? If so, who is responsible/pays for that? Transco?Also, what's the problem with the supply? Could it be leaking, so low pressure being supplied to start with??
Edited by Silver993tt on Thursday 28th January 14:36
Silver993tt said:
robinhood21 said:
Does this coincide with your CH boiler firing up? If so, would say a new gas supply pipe is needed.
yes it does. So, do you mean the supply to my property? If so, who is responsible/pays for that? Transco?robinhood21 said:
Silver993tt said:
robinhood21 said:
Does this coincide with your CH boiler firing up? If so, would say a new gas supply pipe is needed.
yes it does. So, do you mean the supply to my property? If so, who is responsible/pays for that? Transco?
It could be caused by Transco doing 'works' upstream of you in the local network. We had this just before Christmas when they were upgrading iron pipes to plastic and the contractor put in undersized bridging pipes overnight. The result was a throttle was introduced to all the properties on that branch.
If we phoned the water board they would tell me whether they were doing works or not and when it was due to be fixed. With the gas board, low pressure is immediately classed as a dnagerous situation and they send out an engineer to check things (certianly up here in Scotland they do with Scotia Gas). If the engineer confirms low pressure he has the power to shut the supply at the meter. The reasoning being that low pressure can cause the flame to go out and leak raw gas into enclosed spaces and as such create a risk of explosion.
Our guy did this and then trapsed up the street shutting off everyones gas supply, can't imagine he was popular at 7pm with cold weather. In this case he was over-ruled by his supervisor (he wasn't happy at that one), at which point he commented on the lack of a 22mm pipe from the meter. We've now got that fixed, but just be aware that if you contact Transco you could be left without cooking / heating until they resolve who's got the problem.
Dr Rick
If we phoned the water board they would tell me whether they were doing works or not and when it was due to be fixed. With the gas board, low pressure is immediately classed as a dnagerous situation and they send out an engineer to check things (certianly up here in Scotland they do with Scotia Gas). If the engineer confirms low pressure he has the power to shut the supply at the meter. The reasoning being that low pressure can cause the flame to go out and leak raw gas into enclosed spaces and as such create a risk of explosion.
Our guy did this and then trapsed up the street shutting off everyones gas supply, can't imagine he was popular at 7pm with cold weather. In this case he was over-ruled by his supervisor (he wasn't happy at that one), at which point he commented on the lack of a 22mm pipe from the meter. We've now got that fixed, but just be aware that if you contact Transco you could be left without cooking / heating until they resolve who's got the problem.
Dr Rick
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