it means the next thing you Cook on it will be of uncommon rarity
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Gas stoves don't burn hot enough for the copper pipes to be burning, so... maybe they cleaned the stoves with boric acid..?
Seems like the right colour... 🤔
Ooh I want a colored gas stove too, what'll be the minor side effects of sprinkling rainbow colors on my stove.
If it's boric acid. At least you won't find live mice in your food
That's so boring
More than likely just a filter on their camera. If it was from copper pipes, which is rare, it would be from copper oxide build ups inside the pipes. Of course the color wouldn't be this uniform, but the same can be said for some kind of cleaning product.
But nothing else is green? So how would it be the filter.
You can selectively shift hues pretty easily in photoshopa
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Tangentially related. Pilot light kept going out on two appliances. Utility company came. Had to turn turn the main bc too strong blowing out pilot. Why? Everyone replacing with electric means more supply and more physical pressure on the infra.
That's actually really cool from a science perspective where are you? Assuming Europe? My current house has nat gas but looking to replace the water heater this year that will remove part of the gas reliance at least.
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I associate the green flames with either copper or not rinsing off your chlorine containing cleaning agent well enough.
What Does Green Flame On Gas Stoves Mean?
A green flame on your gas stove indicates that there’s something wrong with the combustion process. After all, the color of the flame depends on the combustion process and what exactly is burning.
Well, the solution is simple – just fix whatever is causing the flame to turn green.
Thank you.
Also, I liked the part where it asks you consider whether you'd borrowed the range. Who does that?
"Hey, neighbor, do you have a gas range, I could borrow?"
"Sure, Bud, it's there in the garage. Just put it back when you're done."
"Thanks a load! Say, it's burning green. Did you put copper in the burners?"
"Yes, I did. Just for you! Breath deeply."
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The stove of the Nazgul.
Guy is running fast towards the stove.
It would be away from the stove. The normal flames are blue. Moving toward the stove would blueshift them to violet; away would redshift them to green.
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Grewn flames would usually mean copper is being burned. Afaik copper isn't usually used in gas lines so that would be strange indeed.
They probably put some copper, boron or barium source on their burners.
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