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General Plumbing and Gasfitting Talk => Gas Station => Gas hobs / stoves / ovens => Topic started by: aboutgas on June 05, 2011, 11:02:23 AM

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Title: Faulty gas oven
Post by: aboutgas on June 05, 2011, 11:02:23 AM
Hi All did anyone see this in Saturdays Dominion Post or on Stuff

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5099562/Oven-sales-halted-after-gas-leak (http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5099562/Oven-sales-halted-after-gas-leak)

Was this installed by a Licenced gasfitter?
Title: Re: Faulty gas oven
Post by: robbo on June 06, 2011, 12:21:57 AM
hi guys, probably not,cheers
Title: Re: Faulty gas oven
Post by: peasea on June 06, 2011, 07:01:25 PM
Why was the builder tapping the connection ? mains pressure gas? more to this story than has been reported me thinks
Title: Re: Faulty gas oven
Post by: dodgplumma on August 09, 2011, 06:53:45 PM
Interesting.. Just today I attended a hob from same manufacturer.New customer fitted himself 2 weeks ago (first oops) then called us because bad gas smell when running one burner in particular. After making good non compliant installation, stripped unit and found union between burner tube and bowl cross threaded and leaking like a seive. How this got through quality control I dont know. Retail supplier promised me return call from manufacturer this afternoon: still waiting
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