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OOPS! Forget to convert from gas to propane!

Ashlee Schneider

5 years ago

We’ve been living in our new house for about 2 weeks and have been running the dryer on propane using the gas orifice. My husband just remembered that he forgot to convert it. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Wondering what the repercussions of running it this way could be? Obviously we win’t run it again until it’s converted

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weedmeister
5 years ago
So this is a natural gas dryer using propane? Assuming that the pressure regulator is outside on the tank or where the gas line enters the house, the only thing is the burner orifice. I believe the NG one is smaller than the propane orifice since NG has more BTUs per cubic foot. So what you're getting now is less heat (flame) than you should so it will take longer to dry.
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