On 2021-06-15 11:16 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
> On 15/06/2021 14:43, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
>> It's easy enough to temporarily connect your stove to a propane
>> bottle... it's no big deal to switch between natural gas and propane
>> and then switch back,
>
> Changing the orifice on a gas stove takes time and knowledge. Natural
> gas and propane require different sizes.
>

When they brought a natural gas line down our road we were quick to
switch over from gas to oil. I wondered why our neighbours held off on
the switch. They had propane. Aside from the cost of the line to their
house, they were concerned with the cost of converting everything. They
have the house and a pole barn with a heated office, so that was two
furnaces, two water heaters and, being Italian, their dual kitchens with
gas stoves. They did eventually switch, but there was considerable cost.

On 6/15/2021 11:24 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> When they brought a natural gas line down our road we were quick to
> switch over from gas to oil.
>
Huh?

On 2021-06-15 11:56 a.m., % wrote:
> On 6/15/2021 11:24 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> When they brought a natural gas line down our road we were quick to
>> switch over from gas to oil.
> >
> Huh?


Oops.... we switched from oil to gas.

On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 5:24:08 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-06-15 11:16 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
> > On 15/06/2021 14:43, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> >
> >> It's easy enough to temporarily connect your stove to a propane
> >> bottle... it's no big deal to switch between natural gas and propane
> >> and then switch back,
> >
> > Changing the orifice on a gas stove takes time and knowledge. Natural
> > gas and propane require different sizes.
> >
> When they brought a natural gas line down our road we were quick to
> switch over from gas to oil. I wondered why our neighbours held off on
> the switch. They had propane. Aside from the cost of the line to their
> house, they were concerned with the cost of converting everything. They
> have the house and a pole barn with a heated office, so that was two
> furnaces, two water heaters and, being Italian, their dual kitchens with
> gas stoves. They did eventually switch, but there was considerable cost.

My parent's house had gas appliances. I remember watching a repair guy working on the clothes dryer. He said that the jets in the dryer was set up for propane, not natural gas which is what we had. That was nice of him explain that to a pesky kid. He switched out the jet to a bigger one and that dryer was noticeably louder - it sounded like a blowtorch. Clothes dried a lot faster too. Awesome!

On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:02:00 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 5:24:08 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-06-15 11:16 a.m., S Viemeister wrote:
>> > On 15/06/2021 14:43, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> >
>> >> It's easy enough to temporarily connect your stove to a propane
>> >> bottle... it's no big deal to switch between natural gas and propane
>> >> and then switch back,
>> >
>> > Changing the orifice on a gas stove takes time and knowledge. Natural
>> > gas and propane require different sizes.
>> >
>> When they brought a natural gas line down our road we were quick to
>> switch over from gas to oil. I wondered why our neighbours held off on
>> the switch. They had propane. Aside from the cost of the line to their
>> house, they were concerned with the cost of converting everything. They
>> have the house and a pole barn with a heated office, so that was two
>> furnaces, two water heaters and, being Italian, their dual kitchens with
>> gas stoves. They did eventually switch, but there was considerable cost.
>
>My parent's house had gas appliances. I remember watching a repair guy working on the clothes dryer. He said that the jets in the dryer was set up for propane, not natural gas which is what we had. That was nice of him explain that to a pesky kid. He switched out the jet to a bigger one and that dryer was noticeably louder - it sounded like a blowtorch. Clothes dried a lot faster too. Awesome!
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
--
Bruce

On 2021-06-15 2:02 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 5:24:08 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> O
> My parent's house had gas appliances. I remember watching a repair
> guy working on the clothes dryer. He said that the jets in the dryer
> was set up for propane, not natural gas which is what we had. That
> was nice of him explain that to a pesky kid. He switched out the jet
> to a bigger one and that dryer was noticeably louder - it sounded
> like a blowtorch. Clothes dried a lot faster too. Awesome!
>

You probably had less lint and clothes etc probably lasted longer. It is
the tumbling that causes the lint to break off from the cloth. When my
brother got a gas dryer he noted that clothes dried a lot faster and
there was a lot less lint.

On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 10:14:58 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-06-15 2:02 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> > On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 5:24:08 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> O
> > My parent's house had gas appliances. I remember watching a repair
> > guy working on the clothes dryer. He said that the jets in the dryer
> > was set up for propane, not natural gas which is what we had. That
> > was nice of him explain that to a pesky kid. He switched out the jet
> > to a bigger one and that dryer was noticeably louder - it sounded
> > like a blowtorch. Clothes dried a lot faster too. Awesome!
> >
> You probably had less lint and clothes etc probably lasted longer. It is
> the tumbling that causes the lint to break off from the cloth. When my
> brother got a gas dryer he noted that clothes dried a lot faster and
> there was a lot less lint.

Tumbling clothes to get them dry was a great invention - it makes your clothes nice and soft!

On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:39:38 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 10:14:58 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2021-06-15 2:02 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 5:24:08 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>> >> O
>> > My parent's house had gas appliances. I remember watching a repair
>> > guy working on the clothes dryer. He said that the jets in the dryer
>> > was set up for propane, not natural gas which is what we had. That
>> > was nice of him explain that to a pesky kid. He switched out the jet
>> > to a bigger one and that dryer was noticeably louder - it sounded
>> > like a blowtorch. Clothes dried a lot faster too. Awesome!
>> >
>> You probably had less lint and clothes etc probably lasted longer. It is
>> the tumbling that causes the lint to break off from the cloth. When my
>> brother got a gas dryer he noted that clothes dried a lot faster and
>> there was a lot less lint.
>
>Tumbling clothes to get them dry was a great invention - it makes your clothes nice and soft!
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
--
Bruce

On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:14:53 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2021-06-15 2:02 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
>> On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 5:24:08 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> O
>> My parent's house had gas appliances. I remember watching a repair
>> guy working on the clothes dryer. He said that the jets in the dryer
>> was set up for propane, not natural gas which is what we had. That
>> was nice of him explain that to a pesky kid. He switched out the jet
>> to a bigger one and that dryer was noticeably louder - it sounded
>> like a blowtorch. Clothes dried a lot faster too. Awesome!
>>
>
>You probably had less lint and clothes etc probably lasted longer. It is
>the tumbling that causes the lint to break off from the cloth. When my
>brother got a gas dryer he noted that clothes dried a lot faster and
>there was a lot less lint.

Lint, OMG. All my life I've forgotten to worry about lint. Thanks for
the heads-up!

I'm looking forward to "Lint and I, A Journey", by Dave Smith.

--
Bruce

On 6/15/2021 4:14 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-06-15 2:02 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
>> On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 5:24:08 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> O
>> My parent's house had gas appliances. I remember watching a repair
>> guy working on the clothes dryer. He said that the jets in the dryer
>> was set up for propane, not natural gas which is what we had. That
>> was nice of him explain that to a pesky kid. He switched out the jet
>> to a bigger one and that dryer was noticeably louder - it sounded
>> like a blowtorch. Clothes dried a lot faster too. Awesome!
>>
>
> You probably had less lint and clothes etc probably lasted longer. It is
> the tumbling that causes the lint to break off from the cloth. When my
> brother got a gas dryer he noted that clothes dried a lot faster and
> there was a lot less lint.

I have an apartment size gas dryer... I've thought about hooking it up
next to my huge ancient 1950's GE electric dryer to compare the two.
I've always wanted a NG dryer.