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you may have a blockage in your gas line, or maybe a faulty regulater,

mike

I already have a 1 year old long black hose so I guess that onw is ruled out of the equation.  The bulkhead regulator has always been higher than the top of the gas bottles but up to a few months ago we were using either a 13 kg or 19 kg bottle which was o/s the caravan and obviously a lot lower than the bulkhead.

Guess I will have to change the bulkhead regulator.  Hope it is a cheap easy DIY job!

they sell gaslow stainless steel hoses on e bay that will last indefinately

http://www.gaslow.co.uk/pdf/Stainless_Steel_A4.pdf

Quote: Originally posted by LegsDownKettleOn on 23/7/2009

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I could be wrong, but am sure I read somewhere the black hose should be changed annually, the orange one is ok for three years.

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yes and no? traditionally black was low pressure hose and therefore not being as good a quality as the orange coloured high pressure hose, would not last as long.

In this situation the colour is irrelevant as it has to be a high pressure hose and should last a number of years.

As an aside though, I fitted an orange HP hose to my van 3yrs ago, it's never been exposed to direct sunlight as it's permanently in the gas locker, I noticed the other day it's full of cracks!. I've another length I bought at least 12yrs ago which was permanently outside exposed to come what may, that's a bit stiff now but otherwise serviceable? The perfectly good black LP hose I use every day for testing is the original from my dads 1974 Avondale!!!

In short the colour is no guarantee of anything, so of whichever colour it should be inspected regularly and changed when cracks appear. Or probably better, don't wait for cracks but change when it's stiffness through age becomes a nuisance.

Hi Gary, You may recall that sometime in April /May we had a long chat about the electric heating in the caravan and the new style remote thermostat. 

Are you referring to part number 16543 Low Pressure Regulator for Leisure Vehicles on the BES site?  Is it a straight forward fit by just taking out the old one and replacing it. 

We suspect the gas bottles which are the new Calor lite bottles as we never had any problem with the old style bottle and the fact that these larger bottles were connected up outside the front locker, so they were always lower thsan the bulkhead regulator. 

We are considering whether to go back to the 13 kg bottles as it is a whole lot cheaper to refill than 2 x 6 kg bottles at £37!  BP Lite have now priced themselves out of the market!

Hi

i'm sorry to leave a message on here but I note in a previous message you had a set of curtains for a dorema awning. I have just purchased a second hand sirocco awning with no curtains

Are they still available??

Many thanks

Mark

01284 706189

markquinton at hotmail.co.uk