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Gas Hob Smells

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  • 02-08-2007 11:17am
    #1
    josie joe
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    Have a gas hob in the kitchen, the gas is piped in from a regular cylinder out the back. It has been working grand for the last 2 years. However the flame seems to have developed a smell, I think it is charcoal like, my wife describes it as plastic. There is no gas smell as such.

    By 'coincidence' in the last few days we got a bit of work done out near the cylinder so maybe something out there got damaged. However having spent some time out there with the washing up liquid bubbles I am pretty sure there isn't a leak.

    Is it possible that the pipe might be slightly pinched or something. Anyone have any ideas on what this is, or more importantly - could it be dangerous?

    Thanks.


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    #2
    10-10-20
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    Hard to say. Impure or incomplete conbustion usually results in a coloured flame. Are you getting a blue flame all the way to the tip?
    Can you swap over the regulator to see if there is a leaking seal?
    Do you have a carbon-monoxide detector fitted?


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    looksee
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    Are you sure there isn't a bit of something - food, plastic, melted to the hob burner covers? A tiny bit can singe for quite a while.


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    josie joe
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    Thanks for tips people - have now got me a CO detector just in case. The smell seems to have *almost* completely gone. There is a small kink in the pipe outside (less now than it was) so maybe.......


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    311
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    You probably know about lpg ,but when it leaks it falls to the ground like water .


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