Date:         Sat, 21 Feb 2015 11:18:21 -0800
Reply-To:     Phil Zimmerman <philzimm1@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Phil Zimmerman <philzimm1@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: NVC [Friday] Natural Gas regulator
Comments: cc: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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Date:         Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:47:06 -0800
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>

On the barbecue. No, not a propane regulator, but a natural gas regulator.

------ Sometimes the regulator packs up and won't
open when the wall spigot is opened. I have to smack it with a spanner*
a couple times, and that don't always work, either……
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Jack,

The above reads kinda strange..
Why another regulator on the natural gas (NG) line to your natural gas barbie?
The NG system in your house already has a regulator at the main gas meter..

A NG spigot on a patio usually has a shut-off valve but not a regulator.

NG runs at 3 inches of water column which is really low pressure. If the existing regulator 
is sticking… this needs to be checked out…. and removed if redundant?

Perhaps time for a licensed gas fitter to be called in to check this out… 
Unless Jack wants to play mister science guy and mess around making a nanometer
to check the NG supply pressure at the patio gas line spigot.. 

Pz
hiding under his rock off the West Coast
(safe from NG explosions emitting from Bend, Oregon)

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* I use a natural gas regulator spanner, of course, not a propane
regulator spanner. Different ratings.
(yes, NG 3" of Water Column, LP 10-13" of WC)