IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Gas type changing:

From natural gas to propane

It is necessary that all operations related with installation, adjustment or adaptation LP gas be performed by authorized personnel

of our Technical Service, and that the regulations in force, as well as the requisites of the gas companies, be followed.

IMPORTANT: Before you begin, turn off the gas and electricity supply to the appliance.

Before connecting up the appliance to the installation, first check that it has been adjusted for the type of gas that is to be supplied. Our cooktops are delivered from factory prepared to operate with the gas type indicated on the specifications plate.

The propane gas tank must be equipped with its own high pressure regulator in addition to the pressure regulator supplied with this unit.

Supply Pressure

Natural Gas - 7" wc (17.5 mbar) minimum. Propane Gas - 11" wc (27.4 mbar) minimum. The maximum supply pressure to this appliance shall not exceed 14" water column (34.9 mbar). This cooktop can be adapted to work

with LP gas. To do so, the following procedures must be completed:

A)Change of rapid, semi-rapid and auxiliary cooktop burner tips. (See table1).

T ABLE 1

Burner data

The burner must be used with the

GAS

NATURAL

PROPANE

gases indicated on the

 

TYPE

specifications plate.

 

 

 

 

Gas pressure for use

 

 

6”

10”

Burner

Burner tip marker

 

138

91

rapid

Consumption

Rated

BTU/hr

9.800

9.800

 

(Hs)

 

 

 

 

Burner

Burner tip marker

 

110

76

semi-

Consumption

Rated

BTU/hr

6.500

6.500

rapid

(Hs)

 

 

 

 

Burner

Burner tip marker

 

85

60

auxiliar

Consumption

Rated

BTU/hr

3.900

3.900

 

(Hs)

 

 

 

 

 

Burner tip marker

 

184/X

129/

Large

Consumption

Rated

BTU/hr

20.000

20.000

(Hs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burner

 

 

 

 

 

double

Distance "Y" inner

 

 

 

flame

bushing

 

 

 

 

 

Distance "Z" outer

 

 

 

 

bushing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 - Remove the grates, covers and the main body of the burner.

2 - Change the burner tips using the spanner provided by our technical services department

(code 424699) and make sure that they are tightened all the way in order to ensure that they are correctly sealed. Figure 4.

The adjustment of primary air must not be performed on these burners.

Fig. 4

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Siemens 5551 manual Gas type changing From natural gas to propane, Supply Pressure