Single gas hob: safe to use?

[kr236rk]

Hi,

An elderly relative of mine has this single hob. It has no tap on it, it’s live as soon as you plug it into the gas point (mains). Is it safe to use or, can it be made safer (adapter), or is there anything like this available that has an on/off tap built into it please?

Thanks,

KR

[Martin]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

Wow that looks a scary thing and far from safe to use. Is this device in the UK?

It’s like some weird contraption you would see in Latvia or Bosnia maybe? 🙁

[SAMURI]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

DO NOT USE IT as there would be no safety cutout to cut off to the supply if the flame was extinguished

Otherwise as Basil Brush says Boom Boom.

Bob

[kr236rk]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

Thanks, that what I thought when I saw it. Apparently it was here when the current owners moved in – this part of the UK has power cuts every now and then.

Is there a safe version of this single hob please – even if it has to be fitted by a certified gas engineer?

😉

[Martin]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

I think a single or double electric hotplate a safer solution. An example of which is shown HERE.

[kr236rk]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

Yes, thanks but:-

kr236rk wrote:this part of the UK has power cuts every now and then.

Is there a safe version of this single hob please – even if it has to be fitted by a certified gas engineer?

We need a gas back-up for when the lights – & everything else – goes out 😮

[Martin]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

In that case……

[kr236rk]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

Thanks. Is that mains or gaz please? We just want a hob for the gas supply – like a gas cooker in miniature 😉

[kwatt]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

Why to just visit a camping store and get get a stove there that runs off a small propane container?

K.

[lee8]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

Camping burners should not be used within a domestic dwelling, your home.

[kr236rk]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

Yep, are there any certified gas engineers on this forum please?

I need some more advice here.

Thanks again.

[Martin]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

kr236rk wrote:We just want a hob for the gas supply – like a gas cooker in miniature 😉

You either have one or the other which is it to be? A single fixed gas hob requires electric for ignition as does a small single oven. That crude dangerous gas ring is something that would normally be in a laboratory or lecture theatre and certainly unsuitable for an elderly relative in a domestic environment.

If the portable CampingGaz unit is not suitable then the only safe alternative is to have a fully fitted single (or dual) gas hob installed. That would involve re routing the gas supply pipe and cutting and fitting the hob in the work surface.

A “miniature gas cooker” is not something available for installation in a house but rather in a caravan using a butane gas cylinder.

[lee8]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

I’m gas certified. What u want to know?

[kr236rk]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

Thanks to all & forgive my ignorance. On encountering the single hob – which looks like memorabilia from a desert Monty campaign – I thought there might be something more modern and safer on the market. But there obviously isn’t. We’ve decided to swap a multiple electric hob for a (certified & fitted) gas one – it will fit in the same space.

[lee8]

Re: Single gas hob: safe to use?

I’m afraid regulations don’t allow gas appliances to be picked up a moved around like a flame thrower, whilst most people would not, children and idiots need to be protected by the regs. You see the contents of the top section of a gas meter contains just the right amount of gas to flatten 2 of the average sized three bedroom homes. So you wouldn’t want to burn through the pipe that feeds that hob unless your an idiot, you may find it funny but l doubt your neighbours would.

[Author]

Posts