Which LPG bottle needed for hob?

[anothernextsale]

Morning,

I am needing my gas hob converting over to run off a LPG bottle, but have no idea what bottle I need to buy for the Engineer to do the connection later this morning?

Its a Rangemaster Classic 90 cooker we have inherited and is only fo the gas hob (oven is electric) as it can't be connected to the mains gas.

I'd ask the advice of the supplier or the guy fitting the connector or does it state in the manual for the hob what size to get?

I did ask, twice and have had no reply.

I've since phoned Calor Gas customer services and they have advised a red propane bottle is needed, size is up to me.

Presumably your fitter will be running copper pipe outside for the bottle? The people I know who have this use a standard 47kg bottle.

Oh, and it's propane, not butane.

we use 19kg bottles of propane which live outside - the pipe goes through the wall. A bottle lasts about 7 months of twice daily cooking. We have two so when it runs out (always in the evening...) we can go out and switch over.

BUT If you have access to mains gas it should be possible to connect the appliance, I believe it needs different jets but your gas person will know.

Engineer came out ... can't connect to our mains gas as can't see the pipework from cooker to out the wall as runs under the house so will be drilling straight out through wall from cooker and gas bottle to sit outside on patio (ugly but no other option).

Coming back Monday to convert over ....

ah, right - thanks for update. I see the problem!

strongly suggest two bottles - and don't have an automatic switchover. You could always build some kind of screen round them as they only need changing once or twice a year. Keeping the sun off may be an idea.

Was all done quite painlessly this morning! Chap took about an hour to do but all connected and hurrah I have a hob.

Will buy another bottle at the weekend with hubby so we don't run out whilst cooking Xmas dinner