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just as a matter of interst BES have an offer on at the moment for butane regulators 21mm clip on £2.95 .

something is definately wrong with the bulkhead regs . i have bottle op regs that are from the 70,s some are earlier using the old butane lh,thread. usually used rubber high pressure hose but have used the old black low pressure hose and never had a problem with the bottle top regs.

Hi, A couple of years ago I was thinking of getting a bulkhead regulator fitted to my van, the switch over kind, caravan salesman advised my to stay with the one I had, that attached to the bottle, he said they had a lot of problems with the bulkhead ones clogging up. So I spoke to one of the engineers, he reckoned that it was a problem because the bulkhead regulator was fitted below the height of the bottle valve, allowing it to oil up, could this be the case.? If so would it be resolved by altering the regulator height above the bottle valve?

Quote: Originally posted by arc systems on 29/11/2011The point to consider is not if it will work, but if it will work safely?!

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 (Makes me wonder if any one that is using BP Gas has had a problem? ) (We have had 5 vans with bulkhead mounted regulators and have not had a problem, maybe we have been lucky or maybe it has something to do with the Gaslow Auto change over valve that has been fitted to every one which raises the input hose height.)

In reply to the above, I have used BP Lite ever since it came on the market and we have the Gaslow Auto Changeover valve fitted. Our bulkhead regulator packed when when the van was 13 month old, but it's been OK ever since. (touch wood)

Quote: Originally posted by arc systems on 30/11/2011

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(It must though be noted, on the Continent, exactly the same regulator is mounted directly on the bottle, there is little evidence of the same problem there, albeit it is not unknown)

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Quote: Originally posted by wizzo on 01/12/201

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This seems to support that in general that the regulator should be higher than the bottle.The continental regulators are mounted on top of the bottle and therefore any substance is likely to drain back into the bottle rather than clog up the regulator.

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