I know...I should have done this a long time ago, in my defense I like CNG and I'm lazy.
I've been looking through all the posts on the topic since yesterday but they're all pretty old and I can't seem to find a contact for Seaward I did find Sure Marine and I'm not very encouraged about what they told me. (see below)
Do I need to switch out the burners? Or just the hardware for the bottles? Is it actually possible to convert my old stove and have it be "USCG/ABYC compliant?"
Is there someone else I need to talk to? Somehow from my first readings of posts here it didn't seem like it would be a big deal. Now I may just sell my boat!
From Sure Marine Service Inc.
"Hi Jim,
The necessary parts to convert the oven and make it function are almost certainly no longer available.
The issue is the oven thermostat control, which will almost certainly not be compatible with propane.
They no longer manufacture the correct, propane compatible thermostat to convert the stove.
At minimum, all the burner jets would need to be changed, 2 on top, 2 in the oven.
Changing the jets will not make the oven run correctly.
You would also need to re-label the stove for the correct fuel (per ABYC,) but the replacement oven door placard is no longer available.
Assuming you could locate an LPG compatible thermostat, there is still no way to convert the stove and have it be USCG/ABYC compliant.
Once converted, the stove would not meet ABYC A-26.5.12 which states "All (propane) appliances shall have flame failure devices on all burners, and pilot lights, that will prevent gas from flowing to the burner if flame is not present."
There is no practical way to convert the stove to propane and bring it up to the current safety standards which have been in place since the 1980s.
If you want to send me a photo of the oven thermostat (part behind oven knob,) I can tell you if it can probably be made to work with propane, but most likely, it will not work.
If you need the stove to be USCG compliant, you will need to replace it.
Kind regards,
Todd Glenn"
I've been looking through all the posts on the topic since yesterday but they're all pretty old and I can't seem to find a contact for Seaward I did find Sure Marine and I'm not very encouraged about what they told me. (see below)
Do I need to switch out the burners? Or just the hardware for the bottles? Is it actually possible to convert my old stove and have it be "USCG/ABYC compliant?"
Is there someone else I need to talk to? Somehow from my first readings of posts here it didn't seem like it would be a big deal. Now I may just sell my boat!
From Sure Marine Service Inc.
"Hi Jim,
The necessary parts to convert the oven and make it function are almost certainly no longer available.
The issue is the oven thermostat control, which will almost certainly not be compatible with propane.
They no longer manufacture the correct, propane compatible thermostat to convert the stove.
At minimum, all the burner jets would need to be changed, 2 on top, 2 in the oven.
Changing the jets will not make the oven run correctly.
You would also need to re-label the stove for the correct fuel (per ABYC,) but the replacement oven door placard is no longer available.
Assuming you could locate an LPG compatible thermostat, there is still no way to convert the stove and have it be USCG/ABYC compliant.
Once converted, the stove would not meet ABYC A-26.5.12 which states "All (propane) appliances shall have flame failure devices on all burners, and pilot lights, that will prevent gas from flowing to the burner if flame is not present."
There is no practical way to convert the stove to propane and bring it up to the current safety standards which have been in place since the 1980s.
If you want to send me a photo of the oven thermostat (part behind oven knob,) I can tell you if it can probably be made to work with propane, but most likely, it will not work.
If you need the stove to be USCG compliant, you will need to replace it.
Kind regards,
Todd Glenn"