timndelia

We would like to be able to keep the gas on while driving (in very cold conditions) so that the water dump vale won't operate and that we have hot water available when we arrive.

We have a Gaslow 2 cylinder system with their auto changeover regulator.

Has anyone fitted Truma's SecuMotion hoses etc to this or any other configuration? I think this is the only option available.

geoff1947

don't know the answer but we had a debate ref gas on or off whilst driving some weeks ago. Frankly I don't have it on as its a time bomb waiting to go off if you an accident. Ask any fireman about gas bottle fires in Motor homes and he will tell you what happens.!!

Losos

I don't think you will find any responsible person advising keeping your gas bottle turned on while driving. Some people may do it but they are the type who don't think about the consequences (if they were involved in an accident)

Annoyingly it's often the other parties who get injured or killed while trying to contain a fire caused by this inconsiderate attitude and NOT the person who thought only of themselves.

But nothing unusual there, you see it everywhere these days

ETA:-
What are Truma's secumotion hoses ? Do they claim they are safe in an accident ?? Have they been tested and approved by some independant testing house ??? If the bottle is on and a hose is ruptured gas will escape, how can you guarantee a hose will not be damaged ??

derekfaeberwick

My one is on all the time.

billy

One of our customers decided to cut up a propane bottle (he was a scrap metal merchant)
When he started to cut it it it exploded it took of and it landed a mile away in the middle of a roundabout and that was a 47kg bottle

He didn't cut a second one

Spacerunner

Use a clothes peg on the dump valve and a kettle for fast hot water.

The Wallace

Mine is on all the time.

My gas supplier demonstrated the effect of a rupture by disconnecting the outlet hose from my full re-fillable cylinder - a puff of gas then instant shut down - no gas no drama!

Blisters

our Eura Mobil has a heat exchange unit, which draws heat from the exhurst and blows it in throw blown air vents, and its excellent

That said it also as a second gas heater which blows hot air around the windscreen (A class) and prevents it steaming up, this is designed to be used as your are driving,

It certainly raises a safety question, as the heater is behind the near side front wing(which is the offside whilst on the continent) and its only fibreglass so offer little protection

maybe I should add some extras blowers from the heat exchanger.