Any help please - I have an external Rinnai unit to heat the water in my tiny, but it takes natural gas, not LPG - I can only seem to find LPG bottle though. Does anyone know if you can buy natural gas in a bottle, or can you only connect to the mains for natural? Thanks
mojo49,
Apr 22, 6:03am
You need to get the jets changed in the Rinnai unit so it runs on LPG. Not too expensive to do.
draven111,
Apr 22, 6:15am
Thanks - looks like the guy who installed it all for me installed the wrong one. On the specs he said it would an LPG. I'll send him the bill, thanks heaps for your help.
mojo49,
Apr 22, 6:45am
It may actually be and LPG unit, but still with the wrong sticker on it. Check with the guy who installed it. Should be a registered gas-fitter, not just a plumber.
tegretol,
Apr 22, 8:54am
Did the installer not leave it running then? If not, did you pay him and if so why?
supernova2,
Apr 23, 3:17am
Without a gas bottle connected how did the installer complete his checks and did you get a Compliance Cert from him/her?
sr2,
Apr 23, 5:57am
To answer the OP's question, no you can't buy natural gas in a bottle (it doesn't liquefy easily under pressure as LPG does).
You'll need to either run of a mains supply or have a gas fitter re-jet it.
snoopy221,
Apr 23, 6:20am
Well no nowadys but back in the nineties good ole CNG (compressed natural gas) was the thang and ya could go to a service station and fill ya car bottle
wembley1,
Apr 23, 7:59pm
And some gas companies used a car cylinder in a steel cage to supply a house while they worked on the mains.
sr2,
Nov 22, 1:48pm
I remember in the early 80's my local gas station used a 308 Holden motor (running on CNG) to run a compressor to supply CNG at the pumps!
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