Splitting natural gas line for 2 grills
 

I have a Weber Natural Gas grill attached to my kitchen NG supply.
I was thinking in getting another one (to speed up cooking during
large parties).
Is there a way to tell if the splitter will be able to handle both
grills? I can't call in my gas company to engineer this since the line
I ran to the outside is probably not within "code". Anyone try this?

Splitting natural gas line for 2 grills
 

Lester wrote:

> I have a Weber Natural Gas grill attached to my kitchen NG supply.
> I was thinking in getting another one (to speed up cooking during
> large parties).
> Is there a way to tell if the splitter will be able to handle both
> grills? I can't call in my gas company to engineer this since the line
> I ran to the outside is probably not within "code". Anyone try this?

Natural gas lines are typically plumbed in black pipe (not galvanized).
Just put in a tee, stopcock and your quick connect fitting. Shouldn't be
a problem.

I can't tell you the exact size (area) of the orifice used in a LPG BBQ,
but to give you an idea here are some areas of different orifices. As
long as the orifice area of your incoming gas line is larger than the
total of your downstream orifice, you should not have a problem:

1/8" = .01227 sq.in.
3/16"= .02761 sq.in.
1/4" = .04908 sq.in.

now if your gas line is 1/2" (more likely 3/4" or 1") in diameter, area =
..19632 sq.in., which is 4 times larger than a 1/4" orifice - probably
handle two BBQ's, with room to heat your house too.

Dick

Splitting natural gas line for 2 grills
 

When I ran NG to my cooktop and then tee'd off it for a gas fireplace, I
recall the fireplace installer doing some sort of calculation based on the
length and diameter of my line and the BTU of the fireplace. I seem to
recall he also took into account the gas water heater and gas furnace usage
also. So, it seems there might be some issue as to being able to supply
enough gas to run multiple appliances at once.


"Lester" > wrote in message
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> I have a Weber Natural Gas grill attached to my kitchen NG supply.
> I was thinking in getting another one (to speed up cooking during
> large parties).
> Is there a way to tell if the splitter will be able to handle both
> grills? I can't call in my gas company to engineer this since the line
> I ran to the outside is probably not within "code". Anyone try this?