Craig Rogers
Free Member
I've just put a BBQ point inside the gas locker, why you may ask? Well, it saves cutting another hole in the body and also saves another joint inside. It's all contained in the locker so if it leaks, it'll leak via the drop.
In case anyone is thinking of doing the same, this is how I did it. I appreciate it won't match everyones requirements, but hopefully at least give an idea.
First of all, this is what I needed for it to go ahead;
So I removed the regulator
I couldn't get the old olive off, so had to cut the end of the pipe off (and yes, I did scratch the wood above oh
Once cut off, I could remove it in a vice
I cut a small piece of 8mm, notice the rubber sleeve cut back to allow fitment
The 8mm pipe from new is slightly different so bear this in mind when ordering the right size. As you can see below, the standard pipe on the left has a thin coating making the pipe 8mm, however, the new pipe on the right is 8mm, but has a seperate thick rubber outer that needs to be trimmed back to fit connections;
Below, the pipe has been fitted to the regulator and T piece. Note, the ends were filed smooth before fitting
The regulator was now installed in it's new position after connecting the T Piece to the original remaining pipe.
I made some brackets out of Aluminium and fitted them to the KV8
I cut some 8mm pipe to length to connect the T Piece to the KV8 and as before I filed down the end including the inside edge
Using an inexpensive pipe bending spring (shown in photo), I shaped the pipe. Notice I removed the outer casing, this is because the pipe spring is 8mm and wouldn't fit otherwise
Refitted the outer casing, again, notice the ends trimmed to fit into the joints
The pipe was connected to the T Piece and in turn the KV8 which was then screwed to the wall of the gas locker;
Tightened all the joints opened the tank and sprayed some leak detector on the joints, just the low pressure side of the regulator was leaking, a little tighter on the spanner and all sealed
Put the outlet connector for the KV8 in to the feed pipe for BBQ
Connected it up and tested all ok. The gas feed pipe will be a bit longer than this when I use it as not a good idea to have the BBQ that close to the bottle!
Voila!
So there you go, hopefully this can help somebody else looking to do a similar thing. :thumb:
In case anyone is thinking of doing the same, this is how I did it. I appreciate it won't match everyones requirements, but hopefully at least give an idea.
First of all, this is what I needed for it to go ahead;
- Truma KV8 BBQ point (http://www.autogasshop.co.uk/truma-coupling-quick-acting-valve-kv8-239-p.asp)
- 8mm Low Pressure T-Piece (http://www.autogasshop.co.uk/low-pressure-8mm-tee-527-p.asp)
- 1m of Rubber coated 8mm copper gas pipe
So I removed the regulator
I couldn't get the old olive off, so had to cut the end of the pipe off (and yes, I did scratch the wood above oh
Once cut off, I could remove it in a vice
I cut a small piece of 8mm, notice the rubber sleeve cut back to allow fitment
The 8mm pipe from new is slightly different so bear this in mind when ordering the right size. As you can see below, the standard pipe on the left has a thin coating making the pipe 8mm, however, the new pipe on the right is 8mm, but has a seperate thick rubber outer that needs to be trimmed back to fit connections;
Below, the pipe has been fitted to the regulator and T piece. Note, the ends were filed smooth before fitting
The regulator was now installed in it's new position after connecting the T Piece to the original remaining pipe.
I made some brackets out of Aluminium and fitted them to the KV8
I cut some 8mm pipe to length to connect the T Piece to the KV8 and as before I filed down the end including the inside edge
Using an inexpensive pipe bending spring (shown in photo), I shaped the pipe. Notice I removed the outer casing, this is because the pipe spring is 8mm and wouldn't fit otherwise
Refitted the outer casing, again, notice the ends trimmed to fit into the joints
The pipe was connected to the T Piece and in turn the KV8 which was then screwed to the wall of the gas locker;
Tightened all the joints opened the tank and sprayed some leak detector on the joints, just the low pressure side of the regulator was leaking, a little tighter on the spanner and all sealed
Put the outlet connector for the KV8 in to the feed pipe for BBQ
Connected it up and tested all ok. The gas feed pipe will be a bit longer than this when I use it as not a good idea to have the BBQ that close to the bottle!
Voila!
So there you go, hopefully this can help somebody else looking to do a similar thing. :thumb: