chargerny
New Member
I was planning to install a new (used) GE natural gas cooktop today, but have run into a small problem. The gas regulator is located on the front of the new cooktop instead of the back where the old one was, and it hangs down low enough to bang into the track the doors under the cooktop slide on. To put it another way, it doesn't fit.
My question is whether I can moved the regulator from a direct connection to the cooktop, to a direct connection to the house gas line. In effect moving it from the cooktop end of the flexible hose to the house pipe end.
If for some reason there has to be a hard pipe from the cooktop to the regulator, could I put an elbow at the cooktop and turn the regulator 90 degrees?
Also, the old cooktop has a 3/4" flexible pipe to the house gas pipe, and the new one came with 1/2" pipe attached. I assume that I can just swap the hoses?
Thanks.
My question is whether I can moved the regulator from a direct connection to the cooktop, to a direct connection to the house gas line. In effect moving it from the cooktop end of the flexible hose to the house pipe end.
If for some reason there has to be a hard pipe from the cooktop to the regulator, could I put an elbow at the cooktop and turn the regulator 90 degrees?
Also, the old cooktop has a 3/4" flexible pipe to the house gas pipe, and the new one came with 1/2" pipe attached. I assume that I can just swap the hoses?
Thanks.