Gas Pressure testing (1 Viewer)

[Bluemooner]

While in Spain my gas alarm went of twice, so i got on my hands and knees to smell for gas nothing it could be a faulty alarm or a leak, how easy is it to do your own pressure test and would the item in the link be any good?

 

[Madcaravanner]

That's what my engineer used on our caravan but as to how easy ???

and what do you do if you find a leak ?? can you do an emergency repair ?

What the Spanish equivalent to Gas Safe ?? - - - Forget I said that it's Spain there won't be one

 

[Flamenca]

While in Spain my gas alarm went of twice, so i got on my hands and knees to smell for gas nothing it could be a faulty alarm or a leak, how easy is it to do your own pressure test and would the item in the link be any good?

Surely, the gauge you refer to will not be suitable for lpg on MH's as they operate at 37 or 50 mbar?

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[andy63]

While in Spain my gas alarm went of twice, so i got on my hands and knees to smell for gas nothing it could be a faulty alarm or a leak, how easy is it to do your own pressure test and would the item in the link be any good?

The manometer you linked to is a 30mb unit.. commonly used on domestic installation. .. they alreday have a test point by the meter to take the tube...
Your installation would have to have one on the low pressure side and that particular gauge would be on the upper limit ie 30mb.. you can get ones with a larger scale which may be more suitable for checking a mh gas system...
Rather than that why not fit something like a alde leak detector in the system after the regulator.... easy to use and extremely sensitive....
Andy
http://www.alde.co.uk/itemdetails.php?itemId=53

 

[andy63]

Surely, the gauge you refer to will not be suitable for lpg on MH's as they operate at 37 or 50 mbar?

Most new mh now standardised on 30mb I think ,but I'm sure there are still lots using the older 37mb regulator. .
Andy

 

[awg]

I carry one of these which I've tested by deliberate turning the gas on when the joint was not tight. Worked a treat.

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[Flamenca]

Most new mh now standardised on 30mb I think ,but I'm sure there are still lots using the older 37mb regulator. .
Andy

Ah @andy63 I admit to being out of touch on that score. Any MH more recent than 1997 is 'near new' to me

 

[Lenny HB]

I carry one of these which I've tested by deliberate turning the gas on when the joint was not tight. Worked a treat.

I always carry one of those, used with care you can pin point a leak.

 

[Chris51]

While in Spain my gas alarm went of twice, so i got on my hands and knees to smell for gas nothing it could be a faulty alarm or a leak, how easy is it to do your own pressure test and would the item in the link be any good?

I have one of those fitted next to gas bottles with a tee and tap connected in pipework.To test I fill half way with water and slowly pressurise by turning gas on.Then turn gas off -if water level in gauge drops you have a leak (find with soapy water).

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[tonyidle]

For occasional use for leak testing simply fold a piece of plastic tube & tape a ruler where one of the levels ends up. You can use any connection on the low pressure side of the regulator to do the test - a barbecue connection (one without a one way valve) will do the job if you haven't got / can't find a test point.

 

[pyro]

We use one of these to give us a daily pressure test, as well as an indication of how full bottle are:



Used them on boats for many years, highly recommended if you have non refillable gas

 

[Bluemooner]

Thanks for all your replys

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[Sandancers]

I carry one of these which I've tested by deliberate turning the gas on when the joint was not tight. Worked a treat.

I'd worry about using this item as it does not have any certification (that I could see on the Ebay listing) to say that it will not cause an ignition scenario when looking for gas !! Put simply if your looking for a gas leak somewhere, be it in your house or MH, then you want to be sure that the equipment your using to find the leak will not cause ignition and maybe explosion of the leaking gas !!! All such equipment should have some form of Ex certification !!

Of course you can throw caution to the winds and use it, but remember the explosion on the Wirrel a couple of weeks ago ?

To demolish the average semi you'd only need to have about 8cu ft of gas spread evenly around the air in that house. To demolish the average MH would take a lot less !!

 

[awg]

Is approved to CE marked, EMC Directive 89/336/EEC enough to make it safe?