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namsag
Excellent i would imagine you could because the pressures are far different and so are the regs. Whoopy do 
Gas PTFE tape vs.water PTFE tape
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As a matter of interest (OK, well I found it interesting). the Cobasuk link posted above has a PTFE tape suitable for use with oxygen from which the petroleum based solvent/lubricant has been removed.
The gas & plumbing tapes mentioned earlier had "...less than 0.1% wt residual lubricant".
If PTFE tape doesn't react with oxygen (which reacts with most things), I'm very dubious that it would degrade in contact with gas.
I'm not sure you can rely on anything on a site called "Cobasuk"; it sounds like a dating site for gay Aussies.
I'd think it would take a while for gas to permeate through a porous taped joint. I suspect you'd need a ppm leak detector to confirm that it was leaking when the gas did finally trickle through.
Greater density, more PTFE per unit volume, fewer voids, less porosity.
The gas & plumbing tapes mentioned earlier had "...less than 0.1% wt residual lubricant".
If PTFE tape doesn't react with oxygen (which reacts with most things), I'm very dubious that it would degrade in contact with gas.
I'm not sure you can rely on anything on a site called "Cobasuk"; it sounds like a dating site for gay Aussies.
I'd think it would take a while for gas to permeate through a porous taped joint. I suspect you'd need a ppm leak detector to confirm that it was leaking when the gas did finally trickle through.
Greater density, more PTFE per unit volume, fewer voids, less porosity.
Right have i got this right, the thin stuff in white coils is for gas and thick stuff in yellow coils is for water.
So which do i use on lpg
So which do i use on lpg
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namsag
laguna i think thats where the insulating tape comes in
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Surely it has to be denso tape, what with the density and all.laguna i think thats where the insulating tape comes in
Surely it has to be denso tape, what with the density and all.laguna i think thats where the insulating tape comes in
No! you can't use denso tape. I've just checked and it's definitely porus.
I realize this thread is old but I used White PTFE plumbing tape (before i knew any better)to fit a friends gas cooker in 13 years ago and done my own 6 years ago. Both houses get the annual safety check and have always passed. I am not saying they will or wont leak or whats wrong or Right, just mentioning how long they have lasted so far. By the way, the PTFE tape was just used to fit the rubber hose to the cooker.
Just for your benefit i will say again : I am not saying they will or wont leak or whats wrong or Right, just mentioning how long they have lasted so far, as for house insurance it might surprise you to know that some people cant afford the luxury of insurance, or the price of getting a gas fitter to put a bit of tape round a thread and screwing it in
So, you advocate not having house insurance & getting some DaftyDIYer to connect a gas cooker??!!
If they can afford a new gas cooker, surely they can afford home insurance? Get real.
The man is a total moron Dicky. Hopefully also a wind up merchant.
Oh without question, unfortunately this forum is polluted with morons & Google Warriors.
Which is unfortunate for the genuine DIYers trying to get questions answered.
Go to posts 7,8,9,10+ and read them.Someone said White tape corrodes. All i am stating is just a fact that its lasted for 13 years. Thats it, end of as i explained in my first post. I didnt want to argue or discuss it, i will leave that to you lot, but it is a fact. By the way the cooker wasn't new and i never said i advocated not getting house insurance just that some people cant afford to .
So you're completely unqualified & fitting a second hand cooker??!!
This must be a wind-up??
My house insurance states that DIY gas work will void the policy!
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