UK Gas V Irish Gas

[martyc]

Hi,
Am in ireland and have found a practically new cooker/range that would suit me.
It was used in the #uk but when brought here the owners couldnt get mains gas out in the sticks so are selling it rather than converting it.
Any reason why it would not work on my mains gas?
Cheers,
Marty.

 

[WDIK]

whats the cv calorific value of your gas?
and whats its wobbie?

 

[Fluffster]

It should work on your natural mains gas and with a conversion kit on lpg which would have beem supplied new with the cooker.
I have purchased cookers in the Uk and Eire and used them in each others country with no problems at all.
Pete

 

[martyc]

Thanks Flufster...Is LPG the stuff in the bottle??
It was on mains gas in the UK and i intend using it (if i buy it) on mains gas here.
Marty.

 

[Fluffster]

Hi Marty
Yep lpg is bottles or you can get it in the large tanks too. How are getting on with your boiler burner the last ime I recall you were looking at the wood pellet option.
Pete
ps I guess you heard the old tale of our country cousins offering bargain price mains gas then just burying a few bottles of lpg in your garden and hooking you up stating you now have mains gas for free? lol

 

[martyc]

Never did anything with the wood pellet..V expensicve here still.
Still on the mains gas...working out cheap for the time being!
Marty.

 

[superdupergasman]

wood pellet stoves can qualify for a grant of some description, heard my pal talking about it.

 

[megawatt]

UK gas flows from positive to negative whilst Irish gas flows the other way ... Murphy's third law of thermodynamics.

This is why all boilers in Ireland use couplings which utilise left hand threads ... To stop them being undone by the flow of Irish gas.

MW