Gas pressure from meter to stove
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Gas pressure from meter to stove
I recently plumbed in a new gas line from the outside meter to my new gas stove thru the outside wall (about 10ft copper tubing 3/8 ID). The meter has a regulator between the street and the gas meter. It also has a regulator downstream from the meter on the steel tubing into the house. In the house the gas is plumbed to the furnace (no regulator) and to the water heater (no regulator). On the outside between the meter and the regulator that goes to the house there is a 1/2 ID copper line that goes to an outside garage heater mounted to the ceiling. This heater has a regulator on it. For my new connection to my kitchen gas range I added a T-section and ran the gas directly to my stove which has a regulator.
The stove top burners light no problem. When they are running there is a semi-high pitched noise coming from the stove regulator and gets louder when there are more burners turned on. My main burner as well as my broiler won't light. They will light if I turn the top burners on first.
I'm thinking I have too high of supply pressure to the stove since I'm not down stream from the 2nd regulator that goes to the furnace and hot water heater??
Can I simply add another regulator upstream of the stove regulator that would reduce the pressure to ??WC and supply that to the inlet of the stove regulator? The stove requires 4WC at the manifold.
The stove top burners light no problem. When they are running there is a semi-high pitched noise coming from the stove regulator and gets louder when there are more burners turned on. My main burner as well as my broiler won't light. They will light if I turn the top burners on first.
I'm thinking I have too high of supply pressure to the stove since I'm not down stream from the 2nd regulator that goes to the furnace and hot water heater??
Can I simply add another regulator upstream of the stove regulator that would reduce the pressure to ??WC and supply that to the inlet of the stove regulator? The stove requires 4WC at the manifold.

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I moved your thread to plumbing as this question is a plumbing issue rather than an appliance issue.
It looks like you've got a higher pressure setup there to supply the garage.
You could add another regulator to supply the stove or you could reconnect the stove after the furnace regulator where the red arrow is pointing.
It looks like you've got a higher pressure setup there to supply the garage.
You could add another regulator to supply the stove or you could reconnect the stove after the furnace regulator where the red arrow is pointing.
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What would be a typical line pressure between the meter and the 2nd regulator? Would you have a recommendation for a regulator to use upstream from the gas range regulator?