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Natural Gas Water Heater Benefits Include Maintaining a Steady Supply
Natural Gas Water Heater Benefits Include Maintaining a Steady Supply
When it comes to a clean burning fuel source to supply your hot water requirements as well as a quick recovery time, a natural gas water heater can certainly take care of your needs. Typically when you use hot water, as cold water enters the tank it activates the thermostat to ignite the flame and heat additional water. The recovery time is shortened by this process, because the water heater will be heating the water as it enters into the tank. It is not limited to waiting for the tank to be low.
One of the tricks of not completely running out of hot water for your own personal use is to have a water heater that is large enough to meet the peak demands of your household. For example, a family of five in which everybody takes a shower at roughly the same time of the day, might need a 100 gallon tank, or more. On the other hand a family of two in all likelihood can get by with a 40 gallon natural gas water heater.
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How many square feet will a 20,000 btu natural gas radient vent free wall heater with blower- heat?
Question by virgoluv: How many square feet will a 20,000 btu natural gas radient vent free wall heater with blower- heat?
Understandably, it depends on insulation and other comparables, Like a home, compared to a garage or shop. I mean just roughly, so I know where to place it to get the most heat for the area. ( inside the home ) Thanks!
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Answer by nateatthefarm
You want to look at BTU output not BTU input first.Roughly you can figure 20 BTU per square foot if it snows in the winter time
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convert a wall heater from natural gas to LP?
Question by PHLAPP: convert a wall heater from natural gas to LP?
How to convert a 30,000 btu blue flame vent less wall heater from natural gas to propane.
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Answer by tercir2006
I don’t definitely know the answer to this one, but I would imagine it’s a simple matter of changing the gas jet.
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I have several different kinds of natural gas heaters. A wall heater and a ….?
Question by TheEmporer’sNewClothes: I have several different kinds of natural gas heaters. A wall heater and a ….?
forced air heater. In the last few years I have noticed that both heaters seem to spew soot slowly into their respective spaces.
Is this a gas/air mixture problem, something new being put into the natural gas or what? Flues are open and clean, burner boxes are kept clean. What could this be?
All your thoughts are excellent clues and were things I kinda suspected. Yes, the flames are more orange than blue. Some of the orphaces aren’t burning at the end of the burner housing in one case.
I did replace the filthy filter, clearly waited too long to do that on the FA.
Some of this is out of my league. Seems time for a heater smart plumber to come and do a check/tweak on the system. Thanks for all the great ideas!
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Answer by talon699
Sounds like the plenum where the flames exit the furnace into the chimmney may have holes in them (old age ) and may need replacing,. Time to have someone inspect the units before you get carbon monixide posioning.
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Will natural gas be emitted from a gas wall heater if the thermostat is on but the pilot light is off?
Question by Lisa Simon: Will natural gas be emitted from a gas wall heater if the thermostat is on but the pilot light is off?
I may have left the thermostat on but the pilot light off on my sister’s gas wall heater. Will this emit natural gas or since the pilot light is off will the flow of natural gas be blocked?
It’s a gas wall heater, not a water heater.
So, Chris, what you’re saying is that if the pilot light is not lit, even if the thermostat wants to turn on the heat, the gas will not flow because the pilot light is not lit? Therefore, the house is safe?
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Answer by Chris
It is blocked, there is a thermocouple that measures the pilot temperature, if it is not hot the gas will not turn on.
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Natural Gas Heaters
Natural Gas Heaters
Natural gas heaters are a great heat sources for warming garages and take up very little space.
The single gas heaters can warm up to 550 square feet or 2 car garage. They offer clean and efficient source of heat. They are compact, lightweight and space saving units. They are ceiling or wall mounted with thermostat or manual control.
They can operate even during power failures. They are easy to install devices. Most of them do require ventilation or a chimney. They come in models of 25,000 BTU/hour to 40,000 BTU/hour. They get fuel from the natural line of gas at home like LP.
They come in two types: forced air and the infrared ray. Forced air models use blue flame to warm the garage. It is similar to blowing air like a conventional furnace. The downside of this is they stir up sawdust. It usually takes longer to reheat these models. It requires 45,000 BTU to heat a two- to 2-1/2 car garage, and 60,000 for a three-car
Natural Gas Space Heater or Electric Baseboard Heaters?
Question by ashill34: Natural Gas Space Heater or Electric Baseboard Heaters?
I’ve got a 4BR apartment in New York City. Rooms are about 100-130 sq ft each with a common area of about 250 sq ft. In terms of installation costs, energy costs, and actual effectiveness, what are the advantages/disadvantages of either putting in a giant natural gas space heater (like 100k BTU’s, something for around 0) in the main area, or installing baseboard heating in each of the rooms and main area?
Each of the rooms would probably be used a good deal, as this is an apartment I’m renting out to people. I don’t own either, just subleasing, and I am aware the owner is required to provide heat because it’s NY law, it’s a long story…
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Answer by Thankyoumam
If the rooms aren’t normally used, a space heater might be best.
Space heaters use a lot of energy so can get expensive for frequent heating, and the units take up space.
I assume you own this place, in which case 0 doesn’t seem like much.
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Can I convert a natural gas heater wall heater into a propane heater?
Question by nrianb: Can I convert a natural gas heater wall heater into a propane heater?
I have a wall mount Natural gas heater in one of our apartments we rent. We added electric heat to the apartments and are no longer using the gas heaters. I want to put it in my home as a source of back up heat. We dont have gas in our neighborhood so I would need to use propane and I am wondering If it can be converted to Propane. Thanks.
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Answer by ღ Holly Cow ღ
Go to your propane supplier and they will gladly sell you a differant size gas orfice and pressure regulator or at least recomend where to buy these two items.
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Are there differences in natural gas and propane wall heaters?
Question by Dark Future: Are there differences in natural gas and propane wall heaters?
Do they need to be specifically for one or the other? Also, what type of copper tubing is needed?
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Answer by Kj
yes they are totally different. Yes some of the units I have installed were dual fuel in that you could use one gas or the other but not both it required changing the orifice on the burner. Copper pipe is not used for gas black iron is used.
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