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**Chooriwrocafn** · 10-03-2007, 03:41 PM

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the difference between propane and natural gas? Isn't it the same thing?

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**bebeacc** · 10-03-2007, 03:57 PM

DIY with gas appliances sounds a bad idea to me.

A small additional point is that if you come to sell one day this sort of thing has been known to put off a purchaser.

**CHEAPCIALISFORYOU** · 10-03-2007, 04:37 PM

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**Cuccuccaltefe** · 10-03-2007, 06:04 PM

Originally posted by snoopy369
Propane is a specific chemical substance (C4H10) while Natural Gas is a combination of several organic gasses (including Propane). From what I recall it is possible to use some devices with either one, but I don't recall the details specifically. I do think the intake pressure is going to vary a lot, as the natural gas pressure in the lines is low and propane gas pressure in tanks is very high. Fortunately it varies in the 'safer' direction

I think natural gas is a lot 'dirtier' than propane, so you have more potential of clogged valves and such (especially with the lower pressure). I like it that you got technical, but propane is C3H8. Butane is C4H10.

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**mymnarorump** · 10-04-2007, 12:23 AM

Originally posted by Provost Harrison

I like it that you got technical, but propane is C3H8. Butane is C4H10.

Pwned

Oops, that's what I get for writing in the morning... I thought to myself "Meth, Eth, Tetr,Prop,But..." somehow deciding there was a Tetrane compound

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10-03-2007, 06:04 PM	#4
Cuccuccaltefe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 561 Senior Member	Originally posted by snoopy369 Propane is a specific chemical substance (C4H10) while Natural Gas is a combination of several organic gasses (including Propane). From what I recall it is possible to use some devices with either one, but I don't recall the details specifically. I do think the intake pressure is going to vary a lot, as the natural gas pressure in the lines is low and propane gas pressure in tanks is very high. Fortunately it varies in the 'safer' direction I think natural gas is a lot 'dirtier' than propane, so you have more potential of clogged valves and such (especially with the lower pressure). I like it that you got technical, but propane is C3H8. Butane is C4H10. Pwned Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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10-04-2007, 12:23 AM	#5
mymnarorump Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 653 Senior Member	Originally posted by Provost Harrison I like it that you got technical, but propane is C3H8. Butane is C4H10. Pwned Oops, that's what I get for writing in the morning... I thought to myself "Meth, Eth, Tetr,Prop,But..." somehow deciding there was a Tetrane compound Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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