Propane

If you value your life I can only recommend a gas safe engineer sorts that out urgently. The hoses appear to be past their life unless i'm mistaken the date stamp is 05.
 
Papillon said:
If you value your life I can only recommend a gas safe engineer sorts that out urgently. The hoses appear to be past their life unless i'm mistaken the date stamp is 05.
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Absolutely. I wouldn’t trust an out of date hose on any gas. Propane stored at 24C has a pressure of 120psi, for me a hose with a rupture protection device is a must.
 
You don't need a gas safe engineer to replace an old hose. You need a spanner. After all, you change the fitting at one end every time to change the bottle. The joint at the other end needs to be good, of course, but it is hardly difficult to fit and to test.
Nothing wrong with getting someone in, unless it delays getting it done.
 
I agree the bottle joint is a user fitting. I would disagree with any other joint being touched without testing by a gas engineer.

(Retired gas safe engineer)
 
Millie Master said:
What's one of those?
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One of these:
https://www.autogasshop.co.uk/truma-450mm-rupture-protection-hose-1023-p.asp
If the pressure in the hose drops beween the bottle and the regulator it shuts off the supply, easily reset by pressing the green button. Usually used in conjunction with a crash sensor regulator which also has a green button that needs resetting if the pressure drops on the supply side of the regulator. You need both if you are going to drive with the gas turned on.
 
Both propane and butane are relatively clean burning with properly adjusted burners and an adequate oxygen supply. The by-products of burning these gases are carbon dioxide and water. Propane runs from a Red coloured regulator set for the different pressure again this should be okay with your appliances. As Hairydog said the gas is clean, its how it burns. Change your bottles and regulators, they are cheap enough then look at the flame to ensure it is burning blue or minimal yellow and adjust the appliance regulator to ensure it does burn blue. However, if the oxygen is limited or the burner not adjusted correctly (a lot of yellow in the flame), the flame produces soot, a form of carbon, and carbon monoxide, a deadly yet odorless gas. Also the more yellow/soot you will need to service your appliances more
 
Okta said:
One of these:
https://www.autogasshop.co.uk/truma-450mm-rupture-protection-hose-1023-p.asp
If the pressure in the hose drops beween the bottle and the regulator it shuts off the supply, easily reset by pressing the green button. Usually used in conjunction with a crash sensor regulator which also has a green button that needs resetting if the pressure drops on the supply side of the regulator. You need both if you are going to drive with the gas turned on.
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Is it legal in the UK to drive with the gas turned on?
 
Bigbarry said:
Is it legal in the UK to drive with the gas turned on?
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I believe it is but you need the full crash protection kit. This includes the rupture device mentioned to protect the high pressure part of the system and a crash sensitive regulator to shut down the rest. When my mh was delivered new it was equiped with these devices and the usual warnings about turning the gas off were missing.
 
If you are keeping the boat long term have you considered the Marine diesel fueled all in one cooker and heater and binning the gas . much safer
 
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