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03/11/2008 at 9:14pm
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was a way for a week last week and came to start the fridge it failed so tried the cooker that failed, checked the gas taps they was on, checked the bottle was ok still full. Took pipe of reg to see if there wad gas coming out all ok. Still no gas getting to the fridge or cooker, so tried the fire that worked.
The fire is the first off the bottle and then feeds to the cooker and fridge, but no gas at that end so gave up went to bed next day thought i try again with cooker it worked and so did the fridge.
So what has caused this ? and how can i stop it from happening again..


03/11/2008 at 9:27pm
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have you any gas taps near the sink or cooker.maybe turned off.have you had a service of late? they turn off taps sometimes.

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04/11/2008 at 9:35am
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you are using propane orange bottle and not butane it was quiet cold some days ??

 



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all the taps was open the gas bottle was warm the gas fire worked the cooker did not the fridge did not same pipe why was the bit betwen the fire and cooker not passing the gas! till the next day.


04/11/2008 at 10:41am
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My guess is oil from the bottle is laying in a low point in the pipework beyond the fire. Being fluid it can completely block or only partly block the pipe at will, all it needs is a tiny variation in the angle of the van.



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09/11/2008 at 11:15pm
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 hi gary so can you tell me how his eqipment worked ok the next day as apart from time nothing had changed,. or had there?

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10/11/2008 at 9:01am
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temperature changed for definate!!!!! just like today it s freeeeeezin


10/11/2008 at 7:52pm
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Just out of interest had you drank much in the way of alcofroll


10/11/2008 at 11:20pm
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exactly the same happened to me... cooker, heater or water heater would not work... gave up went to the pub... came back couple of hours later and everything worked fine?!?!?!? could it be some sort of air lock?


11/11/2008 at 2:05pm
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if you were on blue bottle it could have stopped gassing due to the cold.we had this just once and no breakfast for hours.we use red bottle now.

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11/11/2008 at 5:43pm
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the gas fire was working and never stopped working, where as the cooker and fridge had no gas getting too them till the next day


11/11/2008 at 7:53pm
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Does the pipe feeding the other 2 appliances go under the van on the outside therefore allowing this section of pipe to freeze

 

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12/11/2008 at 10:00pm
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the whole pipe from the front box goes under the van outside then pops up where it`s needed inside.
Like firs toff is the water heater then the gas fire then the cooker and fridge.



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