do you need to turn off burners when you change propane tank in middle of cooking?
Friday, June 4th, 2010 at
6:10 pm
my husband says its ok if burner are left in the on position while he puts in a new tank in the middle of cooking. Is this true?
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Propane is somewhat unstable and its heavier than air so it sinks to the floor instead of rising.Sometimes shortcuts are actually the long or dangerous way to do something.
I’d be careful, because if the burners are on, then the propane will start to leak out as soon as it is installed. To be on the safe side, just turn them off, it’s not that hard!
I’m thinking if you’re fond of your eyebrows you should turn the burners off before changing the tanks.
Its always better to be safe than sorry. I have a cabin that uses propane and I would not recommend it. I always shut it off. and bleed the system for 5 seconds than wait 5 minutes and lite the burner. suggest you read your owners Manuel for your unit, and talk to your local gas company to be sure..remember safe than sorry. ask the gas company and your stove builder or manufacture
yes
Turn off the burner and shut the the old tank down. remove it and then put your new on and fire it up again. Be safe not sorry regardless what your Hubby says…he sounds like a jack of dumb trades to me.
Oh ya!
Safety in this situation cost you nothing but a switch turned. That is unless you concider your husband being upset an issue.
Of course!
Turn off the gas supply & the burners and then change over. Otherwise, you will let gas in the home when you turn on the new cylinder.
NO, Always turn off all valves
it is not nessacary for ignition but i would reccomend it due to the fact of the gas being on and building up in the amount of time between hooking up the new bottles and when you push the button to ignite.use exterme caution reguardless
Only if you do not have a standing pilot.
Well, an actual explosion is a long shot, but theoretically possible. At the least, though, even if the tank is turned off during the exchange, when you turn it on, the gas will start to flow immediately, and will flare up pretty bad when you go to relight it. And sometimes there are little embers of trapped grease and stuff, so it can relight spontaneously, which is where the singed eyebrows come in.
If the propane is off, the burners won’t work anyway whether on or off. they need th propane to work. point blank that is why they have a tank. no tank no flames. NO COOKING>!
YES! unless you want to blow yourself up
It’s best if the burners are off, due to the fact that you will have gass coming out right after the new tank is turned on. If you don’t re-light the burner right away, gas can build up and explode when you do finally re-light them.
two things come to my mind , first the moment the propane tank is disconnected even with the burners on
the flame may continue because there is propane gas inside the stove or grill. Now if he takes too long to connect the new tank , the flame might go out. before the new fresh propane gets there. An explosion is unlikely, unless the propane tank is to be close to the burner, then dark burned faces . to turn off the fire is good caution. or maybe he likes his meat well roasted.