byrd1956
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As some of you may know my range of over 25 years bit the dust, so we got a new one. Once my DH had it in I tried the stovetop burners....the flame seemed high even on the lowest setting, but hey, it is new. Decided to break in the oven w/slice n' bakes on the bar pan. The oven instructions said an odor would be emitted when the oven was first used. Boy was it bad.:yuck:..my eyes watered and I felt like I was gona end up w/a headache. After the pre-heat time is seemed like it smelled less bad.... About 3 min. before the timer was to go off the 'smoke detectors' went off. 
Didn't see any smoke, but could not get the things to stop. DH was fanning the ceiling like mad (wearing green ear plugs). Finally he unhooked the SD off the ceiling and then had to take the batteries out to get it to stop. What's this? Its was not the SD, it was the Carbon Monoxide Detector and it was still 'screaming'. The thing has never read anything but 00 and DH said it was reading 230. He said we had to get clothes on and call the fire dept. (Newspaper headlines: Couples death ruled Chocolate Chip Cookie Homocide") Got changed, but didn't call FD....opened all the windows and doors and put on all the fans. The CMD numbers began dropping. DH said he thinks he needs to adjust the propane flow. The installation instructions said the pressure is suppose to be set between 11 and 14 inches WCP. Today I called the Propane Co.and asked what our tank's flow pressure was set at and the lady told me they were not tech support. I told her the # I called was the only one I had. She was gone for some time then told me to google propane pressure and I would find what the pressure was. I repeated I needed to know what it was for our tank. She said she didn't know and that if I googles it I would find out the required pressure and they set the pressures with that. (Ok, do you think I found my answer through a google??)
I think the lady I was talking to is out of her mind! Anyone out there saavy to any of this?
Didn't see any smoke, but could not get the things to stop. DH was fanning the ceiling like mad (wearing green ear plugs). Finally he unhooked the SD off the ceiling and then had to take the batteries out to get it to stop. What's this? Its was not the SD, it was the Carbon Monoxide Detector and it was still 'screaming'. The thing has never read anything but 00 and DH said it was reading 230. He said we had to get clothes on and call the fire dept. (Newspaper headlines: Couples death ruled Chocolate Chip Cookie Homocide") Got changed, but didn't call FD....opened all the windows and doors and put on all the fans. The CMD numbers began dropping. DH said he thinks he needs to adjust the propane flow. The installation instructions said the pressure is suppose to be set between 11 and 14 inches WCP. Today I called the Propane Co.and asked what our tank's flow pressure was set at and the lady told me they were not tech support. I told her the # I called was the only one I had. She was gone for some time then told me to google propane pressure and I would find what the pressure was. I repeated I needed to know what it was for our tank. She said she didn't know and that if I googles it I would find out the required pressure and they set the pressures with that. (Ok, do you think I found my answer through a google??) I think the lady I was talking to is out of her mind! Anyone out there saavy to any of this?
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so we tried to call the gas company. Of course, the operator intercepted the call and rolled out the volunteer fire department. Long story short, the gas company tech used his little sniffer and found a pinhole leak in the flex tube that feeds the range in the kitchen. Turns out people had been catching the faint odor of gas for a long time, but the pinhole never allowed enough pressure to build up, it even dispersed from the fire department tramping around.Gas is nothing to fool around with, though, and it sounds to me like the regulator is set wide open or isn't functioning properly. If you get the same dimwit on the phone, ask for her supervisor.