How To Choose A Better Hose For Natural Gas

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How To Choose A Better Hose For Natural Gas

With the development of economy, more and more clean energy has been used to instead oil. As for the clean energy, natural gas is the most great one. Because it will not cause pollution and the price is lower than others. Besides, it’s safe and reliable. Therefore, it can help improve the home environment and the level of living life.

When use the natural gas, you have to use a hose to transfer it. Thus it’s self-evident that how important the natural gas hose is. Then how to choose a better hose for natural gas? First let’s learn how many kinds of hoses there are.

Stainless Steel Corrugated Hose

The material for corrugated hose is SUS 304, with a flame retardant PVC cover. It’s flexible and easy to install. Besides, it has great corrosion resistance and the working life could be more that 10 years. What’s more, it helps solve the aging, cracking and rat damage problems of rubber hose. However, it has poor bending property. Thus it’s better for embedded cooking bench.

Metal covered hose

Such hose consists of three parts, PVC inner tube, metal cover layer and flame retardant PVC cover. The properties are almost the same with stainless steel corrugated hose. However, the lifespan is a little shorter which is around 8 years. But it’s suitable for both embedded and bench cooker.

Rubber hose

Rubber hose has great bending property. However, it’s easy to age and fail. Therefore, the working life is only 1 year.

Above are the three main natural gas hose on the market. Each of them has its own characteristics. However, when need buy a natural gas hose, you may not sure which is better. Here let me show you some tips to choose a better hose.

1. There are more and more hose supplier on the market, but the quality is not that even. Thus choose a famous and reliable brand is the first condition.

2. If the gas pipe is far from your cooker, you need to choose the stainless steel corrugated hose.

3. Choose the hose according to different cooker. For example, the metal covered hose and rubber hose are suitable for old bench cooker. While stainless steel corrugated hose is suitable for embedded cooker.

4. Change the hose regularly according to the lifespan. For example, change the rubber hose once a year.

What the reliable hose deliver is not only the natural gas, but also the safety and happiness of each family. With 16 years’ effort, OrientFlex has became one of the most successful suppliers of hoses in the world. We has exported our gas hose to over 50 countries and received good reputation. Contact us now and be our partner.