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Re: [OT] Gas inspections

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: [OT] Gas inspections
Date 2026-10-28 13:05 +0100
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On 2026-10-27 14:34, Lars Poulsen wrote:
> On 10/26/2026 14:47, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> [...]
>> Bottled butane is the old method, and the cheapest. If you use the 
>> heavy orange bottles of a certain regulated size, the price is also 
>> regulated. So low income families use those.
>>
>> Years later, depending on the city, we got ducted gas from Algeria. It 
>> is more expensive, simply because there is a meter and a contract. You 
>> pay even in summer.
> 
> I guess butane works for household use in Spain. It will not work in 
> more Northern climates where the temperature can approach the freezing 
> point, because the boiling point of butane is at -0.4 C. So if it is 
> cold, you can't light the heater!

Some places use propane instead.

I know a friend in Madrid (where it does freeze in winter) who has old 
butane heating, with an array of maybe 8 or more butane bottles in 
parallel, for heating.


Something similar to this, but bigger and better installed:

https://share.google/kitJfMIQ6XBpgcdmD

or this (commercial system):

https://share.google/rc9Xv5NBuCizv7k2S


> 
> For this reason, we here in California only ever see butane in pocket 
> cigarette lighters and in the little French "Bleuet Camping Gaz" cans.
> 
> I discovered this problem when I tried to make coffee on a Thanksgiving 
> trip to the Grand Canyon. Had to take the blue can into the sleeping bag 
> with me to warm it up before I could light the stove.

Heh :-)

> 
>> I have just 10A of electricity (actually trips on 15A), so my cooking 
>> range has two induction rings and two butane rings. I am careful not 
>> to use two big electrical appliances at the same time.
> 
> Whoa ... 10A x 220V for the whole house? Here we have 15A x 110V for 
> each outlet!

230 volts. Old contract, typical is 20A.

>> I intend to move to a flat within a year, when they end building it 
>> and everything is papered and stamped over. All electric. Might 
>> electrify my car too.
>>
>> My current house is too old, needs a good renovation which I'm not 
>> keen on doing. Bedrooms are upstairs, and it is not guaranteed that I 
>> will be able to climb the stairs as I grow older. So, move.
> 
> Yes, those stairs are guaranteed to become a problem at some point.
> So in the apartment building, you also want to be on the ground floor!

No, there are lifts. Spain is one of the countries with more elevators 
per capita, so my flat is on the 2nd level (3rd for USA). :-)

> 
> You will probably have to upgrade the electric before you can sell the 
> old house.


Nope, we can leave all the upgrading to the next owner. He has a lot to 
do, like change the flooring, change the water pipes (in and out), 
change the electricity ducting, maybe change some of the structure 
beams, certainly repair cracks, do something about humidity, maybe redo 
the roof... The house is sold as is, very possibly to tear it down 
completely - except that the front is "protected" and has to be kept 
intact, or reconstructed with the same appearance.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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                Re: [OT] Gas inspections c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-28 10:07 -0400
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