Flexible gas hose (low pressure) perished.

[ambulancekidd]

I was checking over our elderly but well-maintained motorhome today & I knew that the gas hose has very slight marks on it at the start of winter.
Our motorhome has the old-fashioned low-pressure system with quick release to allow me to change from Butane to Propane reasonably quickly.
Today I checked the flexi hoses & got a nasty shock, the older darker coloured gas hose is dated 2019, but perished beyond belief.
The spare connection hoses are stored in the dark & I thought they'd be fine, but wow was I wrong.
The lighter coloured hose is dated December 2020, but it is flawless condition.
So, my next task will be to replace the lot & keep a closer eye on them in future.

Please check your hoses carefully, they might just be in worse order than you think!

 

[robrace]

Bet there will be a lot of campers rushing out to check their hoses!I will be! 3 years old and already perished

 

[John Barrett]

Country of origin?

 

[Gellyneck]

Check the Amazon reviews!

Amazon product ASIN B00HF8R69S

 

[John Barrett]

As I suspected, a pile of do do.

Check the Amazon reviews!

Amazon product ASIN B00HF8R69S

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[Pausim]

Is 2019 the date for replacement or the date of manucacture?

 

[DDJC]

Cheers, Broken Link Removed. Going to check all mine now.

 

[matt34]

Is 2019 the date for replacement or the date of manucacture?

manufacture date,and you only need to change them when perished.

 

[John Barrett]

It's the replacement date, in the UK AFAIK.

 

[autorouter]

Is it the right kind of hose material? If you buy for example a Rothenburger manometer pressure gauge, you have a choice of two hoses: rubber and neoprene. The rubber one says not to be used with LPG. The neoprene one says LPG only. I don't know why, but maybe this rapid perishing is the reason.

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[Jimbohorlicks]

Dont replace with rubber hoses ,buy the stainless steel ones.,no leaks ,no smells and last for years

 

[Landy Andy]

Cheap rubber doesn’t last long.

 

[DDJC]

Font replace with rubber hoses ,buy the stainless steel ones.,no leaks ,no smells and last for years

Maybe, but >twenty quid a metre???

 

[The Dotties]

Wrap some duct tape around it!

 

[ambulancekidd]

Country of origin?

I don't know John, I can't remember where I bought it.

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[Jimbohorlicks]

Maybe, but >twenty quid a metre???

What price is your peace of mind and safety?

 

[Miggs]

When was your last habitation check? Should have been picked up then shouldn't it?

 

[John Barrett]

What price is your peace of mind and safety?

Agreed. One metre is 1/3000th of the cost of a half decent motorhome!
I don't think I had a choice when I fitted the Gaslow. SS ruled OK!

 

[dazandandrea]

Silverline, says it all.

 

[The Old Man]

When was your last habitation check? Should have been picked up then shouldn't it?

It was as mine with a note that the regulator would need changing the following year.

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[The Old Man]

It's the replacement date, in the UK AFAIK.

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[John Barrett]

Gosh, the hoses in my van are older than I thought!

 

[DDJC]

What price is your peace of mind and safety?

Internal gas piping is steel braided as standard. I am talking about the gas take off for the bbq.

 

[ambulancekidd]

Is 2019 the date for replacement or the date of manucacture?

Manufacture, it feels a lot less flexible than the slightly newer hose.

When was your last habitation check? Should have been picked up then shouldn't it?

I look after it myself, I checked the gas hoses in December & there was a slight sign that they were due some attention. So I keep checking the van regularly, that's when I came across this shocker.

 

[gus-lopez]

manufacture date,and you only need to change them when perished.

Expiry date in spain & house insurance becomes void if they are out of date & there is a claim because of gas. 5years is the limit of the date system

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[TheMachMan]

Any recommendations for decent quality rubber hose if these Amazon ones aren‘t much cop?
could do with replacing mine.

 

[maison]

As I suspected, a pile of do do.

The main page on Amazon shows a 4.5 out of 5 stars for it.

Reading the reviews makes you wonder how they can justify that. A number of 1 star reviews declaring the hose “dangerous” and “accident waiting to happen”.