Scallywag
Free Member
Dear All,
Just got back from a trip to Scotland and had a few problems with our gas supply.
When we took delivery of our new van last October, it came complete with two propane cylinders (Energas 11kg) and a Gaslow change over system. Our first problem was that the gas ran out half way through our trip, and the automatic changeover didn't seem to work (or at least we ended up with two empty cylinders.) The second problem was trying to get new cylinders. The local Calor gas dealers didn't seemed to know about the Energas bottles. We finally got some help from Marshall's camping shop who replaced the bottles for 13kg Calor gas cylinders. When we replaced the cylinders with Calor gas 13kg, we noticed that we could not get the gas to our appliances without pushing the green buttons on the connectors - which wasn't the case with the Energas bottles. We cannot find any information on this type of connector, and the motorhome dealer where we purchased our van (MMC in Skipton) have scant knowledge on what they fitted (or who fitted it!), are too far away to visit, and one feels it would be a wasted visit.
Questions:
1) what are the green buttons supposed to do?
2) are these connectors OK for Calor bottles, as we are unable to get rid of that leaking gas smell, even though we have tightened the connectors really well. Only way to get rid of the smell is to screw down the gas cylinders' hand wheels.
Any advice you can give would be great.:shout:
Just got back from a trip to Scotland and had a few problems with our gas supply.
When we took delivery of our new van last October, it came complete with two propane cylinders (Energas 11kg) and a Gaslow change over system. Our first problem was that the gas ran out half way through our trip, and the automatic changeover didn't seem to work (or at least we ended up with two empty cylinders.) The second problem was trying to get new cylinders. The local Calor gas dealers didn't seemed to know about the Energas bottles. We finally got some help from Marshall's camping shop who replaced the bottles for 13kg Calor gas cylinders. When we replaced the cylinders with Calor gas 13kg, we noticed that we could not get the gas to our appliances without pushing the green buttons on the connectors - which wasn't the case with the Energas bottles. We cannot find any information on this type of connector, and the motorhome dealer where we purchased our van (MMC in Skipton) have scant knowledge on what they fitted (or who fitted it!), are too far away to visit, and one feels it would be a wasted visit.
Questions:
1) what are the green buttons supposed to do?
2) are these connectors OK for Calor bottles, as we are unable to get rid of that leaking gas smell, even though we have tightened the connectors really well. Only way to get rid of the smell is to screw down the gas cylinders' hand wheels.
Any advice you can give would be great.:shout: