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[-] frog@feddit.uk 74 points 3 weeks ago

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.

Source: Stovepedia

[-] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 152 points 3 weeks ago

Well, the solution is simple – just fix whatever is causing the flame to turn green.

Thank you.

[-] Korval@lemmy.today 38 points 3 weeks ago

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."

[-] athatet@lemmy.zip 17 points 3 weeks ago

I’ve done tech support. They have to add that part in because yes, somebody did indeed borrow a stove at one point.

[-] Million@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Little timmy ringing your doorbell and instead of asking for some flour he wants the fucking stove

[-] baahb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 weeks ago
[-] nonfuinoncuro@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago
[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 82 points 3 weeks ago

Of course there’s a Stovepedia.

[-] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 weeks ago

Oh how much I love and hate the internet.

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Kids these days never had to bare witness to the great Stovepedia Ovenpedia wars.

[-] frog@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's exactly what I said. Lol

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago

So informative, is it too much O2 or too little. Just there is a problem.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 weeks ago

That's also the color copper burns, but for all the flames to look like that would require a lot of copper mixed in the gas or something disintegrating in the supply line.

[-] zout@fedia.io 12 points 3 weeks ago

Or there's some copper grease used somewhere, or some kind of coating containing copper that should have been removed.

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Could it be consuming copper from the burner if the O2 mix is off?

[-] zout@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago

Not really, solid copper would need a higher temperature. It could be copper dust if there was some work done on the piping recently. It could also be that this is burning on bottled propane, which can contain some sulfur compounds that react with the copper, making the flames green. Or it could be cleaning agents if it's recently cleaned. (according to some googling around) I also found this youtube video, but it's kind of shitty, especially that it's saying it's due to acidic cleaner, and rinsing with vinegar should help.

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah I was gonna say... my first thought was that copper burns green, in various forms... probably not good.

As the page says, salt+copper can lead to this or basically rusted copper can do this.

Not good to be breathing, or getting absorbed into food.

this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2026
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