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How do I convert my Aga Four Two gas hob to LPG? Is it just

 

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How do I convert my Aga Four Two gas hob to LPG? Is it just nipples and taps?

 



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Coming from an engineering background, I have studied the exploded diagram/parts list.

Submitted: 327 days and 6 hours ago.
Category: Appliance
Value: £17
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Expert:  Plumbers_Mate replied 327 days and 2 hours ago.

It will be the burner jets on the top and the one for the oven (the pressure is higher, so the holes are smaller)

Customer replied 326 days and 21 hours ago.

Hi there and thanks for responding. I know that most hobs will have a regulator that needs either replacing or adjusting to cope with the higher pressure for LPG, but on the exploded diagram there is no regulator. In the parts list they show that there are two types of taps (one for natural gas and one for LPG). What I was wondering is if the taps are acting as individual regulators or whether replacing the taps is because of the corrosive nature of LPG towards some of the components (seals or o rings etc)? Also, how about setting the low flame? Do you know if there are adjusters on the Aga taps? The ovens on the four two cookers are electric so they don't figure in the conversion. If replacing the taps, as I am going to do anyway, is it OK to reuse the existing metal pipes between the taps and the burners, given that they are compression type joints? Or do they need replacing? Obviously I will be checking everything for Gas Tightness so if there are leaks I will pick it up then. Aga themselves did not want anything to do with a conversion and would not respond to emails or phone calls. Pretty good customer service considering the cooker is just shy of £3,000!

Customer replied 326 days ago.

Relist: Answer quality. Need more in depth information not "just change the jets" with no mention of regulators gas tightness checks etc etc. Given that corgi registered or "competent person" has to do the work and Agas intransigence to help with info, need to know the finer details. My own research seemed to produce more info than I received from the "Expert".

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Expert:  romr2009 replied 325 days and 21 hours ago.


  • The internal regulator is only critical for the gas oven safety valve because the solenoid/spring is designed to open/close against a small range of pressure.
  • Since your oven uses electric heat, you don't have that requirement.
  • The hand-operated burner valve is not sensitive to the 17 mB difference between natural gas pressure (20 mB) and LPG (37 mB) at the inlet.
  • The internal piping, manifold and hand-operated valves reduce the pressures further by the time it gets to the burner jet.

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  • To all the metal components, there is no difference in stress/leaks due to the pressure difference.
  • LPG corrosion is only a problem for the high side (liquid) of the line (on the other side of the high-pressure regulator from the building) and not at 37 mB of the gas.
  • Check for leaks with a soap/water solution and then rinse off the residue.
  • If you decide not to replace the valves at least clean and replace the valve grease in each valve.

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  • The flame adjustment is the same procedure as for natural gas by adjusting the air shutter on the burner tube.
  • There is a set-screw inside the shaft of each burner knob to adjust the low flame.

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  • Burning natural gas or propane is quite basic and has not changed over the decades:
  • The gas is pressurized less than 1/2 psi (37 mB or 14 inches WC).
  • The gas shoots out through a microscopic hole in a brass jet.
  • The high speed of the gas through the jet draws in oxygenated air from the surroundings.
  • The turbulence mixes the air and gas.
  • The aluminum burners slow down the gas in the much bigger manifold tubes and provides a steady, clean blue flame.
  • The metal holes in the aluminum burner distribute the gas evenly and the relative coolness prevents the flame from flashing backward past the burner.
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Customer replied 325 days and 13 hours ago.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest with regards XX XXX regulator side of things. The rest it seems is, as I summised, common sense. Regards, S.

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Expert:  romr2009 replied 325 days and 5 hours ago.

You are welcome!

 
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