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Re: How many BTU's does a neon shop require?
Posted By: George Vidas In Response To: How many BTU's does a neon shop require? (Bob)
Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2013, at 2:56 a.m.
Here's a chart on gas flow: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/natural-gas-pipe-sizing-d_826.html
Your gas lines will almost certainly be schedule 40 black iron pipe, which is the top set of numbers.
1 cubic foot (CF) of natural gas is ~1000 BTUs.
Partly in re: neontek's answers:
I think 200,000BTU is a great highball number to avoid fluctuation. I think I figured 300k, for two sets with 16" ribbons. You can itemize it with some arbitrary numbers from page 20 of this catalog: http://www.sfsupplies.com/catalogs/neoncatalog.pdf
Propane is heavier than air. Any leaked, uncombusted gas will collect in the low point of your building. Natural gas is lighter than air -- it almost always will leave a building. Don't store propane tanks inside. The risk of explosion isn't worth saving a few hundred bucks on pipe.
Unless your local building code requires a licensed tradesman to sign off on it, which mine did not, you can do 99% of the plumbing to set up a neon shop on your own.
> Looking at getting the gas line installed in
> a new location and the plumber and utility
> company are asking the same question.> I will be using natural gas & running a
> 16" ribbon burner, cannon fires,
> crossfires & a small tip off hand torch.
> I'm having a hard time finding the answer
> for this. Anyone know how many BTU's?> Also, I'm probably going to have to run 80'
> to 100' from where the gas meter is. What
> size pipe will I need?> Thank you.
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