Select the right G-TEC Torch Booster for your torch
G-TEC Torch Boosters are Easy To Install
Purchase a G-TEC Torch Booster
Torch Boosters are Approved across the US and Canada
Contact G-TEC with questions or to purchase a Torch Booster
High Pressure Natural Gas Is The Best Fuel For Glass Lampworking
If you use propane...if you are connected to a standard utility natural gas pipeline
you will be surprised by the superior performance of high-pressure natural gas !
See and hear what G-TEC users say about their Torch Boosters
Your torch will perform better with high pressure natural gas
Natural gas is up to 75% cheaper than propane, it is cleaner and you never run out
Work safer by getting fuel gas cylinders out of your studio
Use combination flashback arrestor check valves on your torch
G-TEC Customers Love Their Torch Boosters
High-pressure natural gas from my G-TEC system gives me more consistent pressure, a cleaner flame and is much more convenient than propane cylinders. Compared to propane natural gas has almost no carbon so there is no soot in the flame and no carbon buildup on my torches. I turn the G-TEC system on in the morning and it supplies all the gas I need, all day.
- Doug Navalinsky, Owner
NavCour Glassware
Cleveland, OH
I’m just tickled with the performance of my Safe-T-Gas Torch Booster. Colors that were good with propane just pop with natural gas!
April Larson, Artist
Bo’s Beads
Lowell, IN
April Larson's TB-30 Torch Booster sits right next to her bench - it is quiet and convenient!
It’s safe - every fire marshal in town and the gas company signed off on it - I’m perfectly legal and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
There’s no carbon buildup on the torch head with natural gas. I used to have to clean the hole continually with a little tool to get the carbon out, but I don’t have to do that anymore!
Marj Bates, Artist
Marj Bates Studio
Scituate, MA
Your Torch Will Perform Better With High Pressure Natural Gas
If you are using natural gas right from the utility natural gas pipe your torch is not getting all the gas pressure it needs for top performance.
Utility natural gas pressure is only ¼ psi in most places but your torch will work better when you set gas pressure at 5 psi.
Think about it...when you work with propane you set your regulator at about 5 psi, not ¼ psi! While your torch will light and work with standard city gas pressure you will find that it is like the difference between cutting with a sharp knife compared to a dull knife.
One G-TEC user told us:
I had been on natural gas without a booster—pretty pitiful.
But now I really feel that I have all the flame I want!
Get the best performance your torch has to offer by using high-pressure natural gas!
Natural Gas Is Up To 75% Cheaper Than Propane, Cleaner And You Never Run Out!
For equal BTUs natural gas costs up to 75% less than propane!
But what most G-TEC owners like best is being connected right to the utility natural gas pipe because they never run out of fuel. No more quick trips to the gas supplier when you run out.
And, natural gas is much cleaner than propane - no carbon buildup on your torch tip as happens with propane. No flecks of carbon in the glass and you don’t have to spend time cleaning the torch.
There's no carbon buildup on a natural gas torch
Be Safer By Getting Propane Cylinders Out Of Your Studio
When you bring a cylinder of fuel gas into your studio you introduce a lot of stored energy that could be very dangerous. One BTU is the equivalent of lighting one wooden kitchen match so
if you use a 1-pound propane tank that would be like having a box with more than 21,500 matches. If you have a 20 lb BBQ propane tank it would be like having more than 431,000 matches in a pile in your studio.
Is keeping a tank of gas in your studio dangerous? Read what happened when a propane tank exploded in a jeweler’s shop in the Mallers Building in Chicago.
If your torch is connected to the utility natural gas pipe OSHA and local fire codes require you to use combination flashback arrestor check valves to protect the gas meter from a torch flashback.
The problem is that flashback arrestor check valves need at least 1 psi gas pressure to work properly, otherwise they block gas flow.
With high pressure natural gas from a G-TEC Torch Booster there is enough pressure to make the flashback arrestor check valve work properly, and still provide a robust flame on the torch.
A combination flashback arrestor check valve fits right on your regulator and prevents a torch flashback from reaching your gas meter.
Use Combination Flashback Arrestor Check Valves On Your Natural Gas Torches
Many lampworkers think that by having a check valve on their torches
they are protected from a torch flashback but this is not true.
Check valves are only designed to prevent high-pressure oxygen
from flowing into the natural gas pipe.
When a torch flashback happens there is a 5,000 degree flame inside
the hose and pipe and it will melt right through a check valve.
This allows the flame to reach all the way to the gas meter,
which explodes.
A flashback arrestor will extinguish this flame, as well as prevent
oxygen from getting into the gas pipe, and protect the gas meter.
Check valves only prevent
oxygen from flowing into the natural gas pipeline
Flashback arrestor check valves
extinguish the 5,000 degree
flame from a flashback and
stop oxygen from flowing into the
natural gas pipe.
Select the right G-TEC Torch Booster for your torch
G-TEC Torch Boosters are Easy To Install
Purchase a G-TEC Torch Booster
Torch Boosters are Approved across the US and Canada
Contact G-TEC with questions or to purchase a Torch Booster
