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Paloma Gas Water Heater

  • 12-05-2016 9:58am
    #1
    SeanaC92
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    Hi guys,
    I recently purchased a mobile home with a Paloma gas water heater PH-5lfe already installed. There was no manual with it and on the side it says propane and butane. I was wondering if you could tell me which type of gas this uses? Why does it say propane and butane on it? Our hob is butane and I wanted to be sure what the water heater needs before I get any gas at all. Thank you!


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  • #2
    Robbie.G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭Robbie.G


    SeanaC92 wrote: »
    Hi guys,
    I recently purchased a mobile home with a Paloma gas water heater PH-5lfe already installed. There was no manual with it and on the side it says propane and butane. I was wondering if you could tell me which type of gas this uses? Why does it say propane and butane on it? Our hob is butane and I wanted to be sure what the water heater needs before I get any gas at all. Thank you!

    Your able to use either gas on it


  • #3
    Billy Bunting
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    and your hob will still be fine on propane.


  • #4
    SeanaC92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭SeanaC92


    Billy Bunting wrote: »
    and your hob will still be fine on propane.

    Really? I know nothing about this kind of stuff but the guy we bought the hob from said only to use natural gas not propane ?


  • #5
    Billy Bunting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Billy Bunting


    SeanaC92 wrote: »
    Really? I know nothing about this kind of stuff but the guy we bought the hob from said only to use natural gas not propane ?

    Your confused OR YOU ARE USING A NAT GAS HOB WITHOUT CONVERSION.

    Nat gas is methane and does not come in a bottle but through the gas network, bottled gas normally used in mobile homes are either butane or propane.


  • #6
    SeanaC92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭SeanaC92


    Billy Bunting wrote: »
    Your confused OR YOU ARE USING A NAT GAS HOB WITHOUT CONVERSION.

    Nat gas is methane and does not come in a bottle but through the gas network, bottled gas normally used in mobile homes are either butane or propane.

    Okay yeah I think I'm confused.

    The guy we bought it from said it was natural gas and he also said you can buy it in a bottle. He said natural gas is butane but I guess he was wrong.

    So can it be converted to use propane instead? Sorry for all the questions but I haven't a clue about any of this.


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  • #7
    Billy Bunting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Billy Bunting


    If it is a nat gas hob and is being used on a bottled gas then along with being very dangerous and producing high levels of Carbon Monoxide it would also amost curtainly be blackening your pans with soot.

    A nat gas hob could be converted simply to bottled gas.


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