New Gas Cooker Flame Issues

Peter256

I have purchased a new beko gas cooker which seems to have a high flame when turned on full and the flame colour is blue and orange.
I read online that a healthy flame on gas cooker should be only blue and that if the flame has orange colour then there is a problem with combustion which can let off carbon monoxide.
Also when I switch on the actual oven fully the flame is extremely high at first and slow to regulate compared to my old gas cooker that I had for over 10 year's.

Sleeper12

If its a natural gas cooker then get back the RGI installer that is named on the RGI cert.

Peter256

Sleeper12 wrote: »

If its a natural gas cooker then get back the RGI installer that is named on the RGI cert.

I don't have a RGI installer. I am not connected to a gas mains. I am connected to a natural gas cylinder. I connected the cooker to the existing connection same as I had for my old cooker.

Alun

Did you check that the new cooker was designed to run on bottled gas? If it was designed to run on mains natural gas, you will have to get it modified by having the burners replaced.

Peter256

Alun wrote: »

Did you check that the new cooker was designed to run on bottled gas? If it was designed to run on mains natural gas, you will have to get it modified by having the burners replaced.

Yes you are correct. A gas installer has told me this also.
My cooker is set up for mains natural gas so the jets are too big for bottle gas that's why I have a strong orange flame. I guess all new gas cookers are designed for mains gas at first until you get the burner's changed to LPG.
I just have to wait now to get LPG conversion kit from cooker manufacturer and change the burner's.

byte

You need to ring Beko (01 8623411) to get the jets posted to you, whereby they'll ask you to confirm you'll be getting the cooker installed by a registered gas installer.

Some gas cookers can come with either LPG or NG jets pre-installed. Some are not convertible at all.

Peter256

byte wrote: »

You need to ring Beko (01 8623411) to get the jets posted to you, whereby they'll ask you to confirm you'll be getting the cooker installed by a registered gas installer.

Some gas cookers can come with either LPG or NG jets pre-installed. Some are not convertible at all.

Yes I have ordered the LPG jet's from Beko and will be getting them next week.
Beko told me I will have to get a registered gas installer to do the job or I will void the warranty. I am thinking I might run into high costs now as my gas connections and line I was using for my older cooker is probably out dated.
I was using the orange hose pipe to connect cooker to wall connection and then from there is a pipe running trew a cavity wall for a metre or so and out to a gas cylinder which is situated in a corner of rear open lobby.

Sleeper12

Peter256 wrote:

Yes I have ordered the LPG jet's from Beko and will be getting them next week. Beko told me I will have to get a registered gas installer to do the job or I will void the warranty. I am thinking I might run into high costs now as my gas connections and line I was using for my older cooker is probably out dated. I was using the orange hose pipe to connect cooker to wall connection and then from there is a pipe running trew a cavity wall for a metre or so and out to a gas cylinder which is situated in a corner of rear open lobby.

I know this isn't a warranty job but something to think about for the future. Beko will need to see the cert for the cooker installation before they send anyone out to repair it under warranty. No cert = no warranty.

Please don’t use your cooker till it’s converted and fitted correctly by a RGI who certifies his or her work.

No chicken dinner is worth risking the lives of you or yours either from a Kaboom or carbon monoxide poisoning.

Peter256

Ok so I got a RGI gas installer to change the cooker jets to suit LPG. Now I have blue flames on the hob which is good and the oven flame is not as large but I am still noticing orange and blue flame in the oven.
I rang the RGI guy and told him this and he told me not to worry about it and as long as the hob rings have a blue flame that I shouldn't worry about it. He said that he had checked everything after installation and he was happy with it.
He said oven's do be like this sometimes when the door is shut because of lack of oxygen, even though I have noticed orange in the flame when door is opened and shut.

tvjunki

Peter256 wrote: »

Ok so I got a RGI gas installer to change the cooker jets to suit LPG. Now I have blue flames on the hob which is good and the oven flame is not as large but I am still noticing orange and blue flame in the oven.
I rang the RGI guy and told him this and he told me not to worry about it and as long as the hob rings have a blue flame that I shouldn't worry about it. He said that he had checked everything after installation and he was happy with it.
He said oven's do be like this sometimes when the door is shut because of lack of oxygen, even though I have noticed orange in the flame when door is opened and shut.

LPG cookers use smaller jets to push the bottle gas through so that is why the jets need replacing. The original ones are suitable only for town gas.

If you are near the end of the bottle you may find the gas will reduce or cut out in the oven and there is now a safety cut off in the oven. if you have the top hob on at the time of the oven you may need to reduce the rings when the oven is on.