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Cryogenic

Cryogenic

Cryogenic

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I have a terraced house and am putting some heavy duty gas equipment in the garage. I spoke to the gas company and they said I needed to know the kw/h per piece of equipment or they won't come out. I said isn't Kw/h is used for electricity? They said no, it is for gas also. All my equipment is rated in BTU e.g. 90,000 BTU. How do I know what rate a domestic gas supply churns out and what my BTU means in terms of kw/h?
 
Cryogenic said:
Thanks for the assist, now just need to find out what a dometic supply churns out as I can't find this info anywhere on the net :)
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Your meter may well have some information on it. Just as important as the maximum throughput on your meter is the pressure required.

This is off the top of my head, so it may be a little out, but mains gas is usually delivered at between 75 and 30 mbar, reduced to 21 by a governer before your meter. Most appliances run at between 5 and 20 mbar (internal governers) so a large appliance might have requirements beyond the norm - you might also suffer if you were to run one of these appliances at the same time as say, your boiler.

You may find it useful to consult with both your local transporter - probably National Grid or one of the newer big transporters, like Northern Gas Networks or whatever (should be identified on your bills) as well as an independent gas engineer (CORGI-registered).

Not a direct answer to your question, but I hope it helps a bit.
 
Skidmark said:
Your meter may well have some information on it. Just as important as the maximum throughput on your meter is the pressure required.

This is off the top of my head, so it may be a little out, but mains gas is usually delivered at between 75 and 30 mbar, reduced to 21 by a governer before your meter. Most appliances run at between 5 and 20 mbar (internal governers) so a large appliance might have requirements beyond the norm - you might also suffer if you were to run one of these appliances at the same time as say, your boiler.

You may find it useful to consult with both your local transporter - probably National Grid or one of the newer big transporters, like Northern Gas Networks or whatever (should be identified on your bills) as well as an independent gas engineer (CORGI-registered).

Not a direct answer to your question, but I hope it helps a bit.
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Thanks.
 
Oh no, disaster! The previous meter in the garage has not been used for over a year and they have cut off the supply for safety reasons. They are quoting a 6-12 week lead-time to get another supply fitted. Some people say you can get it done privately, what's the real skimmy and is there anyway around it? :eek:
 
Cryogenic said:
Oh no, disaster! The previous meter in the garage has not been used for over a year and they have cut off the supply for safety reasons. They are quoting a 6-12 week lead-time to get another supply fitted. Some people say you can get it done privately, what's the real skimmy and is there anyway around it? :eek:
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Ok, got is sorted, apparently, if you go through the national grid, they will not fit a meter at the end, but if yougo through ye old supplier, they will. In addition, each supplier has its own lead-time. So I will hunt down a willing party by tommorrow's end :)
 
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