Gas On or Off while travelling?

[63720]

My gas is off when traveling but what do you do?

 

[Lenny HB]

My last two vans have had Secumotion regulators with crash sensors and anti rupture hoses so I travel with the gas on. Always turn off for ferries.

Before that with ordinary regulators always turned it off.

 

[icantremember]

Ours is always on except when refilling and Channel Tunnel.

 

[nicholsong]

Generally I have always turned it off.

Recently on short trips on country lanes where risk of a high-impact collision is small I have done the following -

I carry out a Risk Assessment, write it out in triplicate and send a copy to the HSE.

I then delete that e-mail and say to my self 'Oh F*ck it, I cannot be bothered to open the locker.', so off we go.

 

[Shrimp]

Ours is always off when travelling!

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[The Dudess]

Always off when travelling.

 

[Stealaway]

Never off

 

[David and Sally]

Off. Why have it on?

But some hot air escaping from the passenger seat area

 

[kevenh]

Off. We will have used Gas/EHU to get the fridge ready ~30min before a holiday departure.
Then just MH 12v for the travelling.

 

[peterc10]

On, because we have the secumotion regulator and antirupture hoses fitted. Really cannot be bothered to have to switch it on and off when we stop for a cuppa. Only times it is off is when we refill or in the tunnel.

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[Devon Sue]

We have an underslung tank, which is a bit fiddly to turn off and on. We turn it off on ferries, but otherwise leave it on. Working on the principle that lpg powered vehicles have tanks and obviously cannot turn them off when travelling.

 

[daveinspain]

Always off, despite having all the gear for travelling with it on.

 

[Riverbankannie]

We have an underslung tank, which is a bit fiddly to turn off and on. We turn it off on ferries, but otherwise leave it on. Working on the principle that lpg powered vehicles have tanks and obviously cannot turn them off when travelling.

Me too. There’s no way I am going to be crawling about on the ground trying to reach the lever every time we stop for coffee.

 

[Vic. Parsons.]

On,
The AES fridge we have has a built in timer to ensure the fridge doesn't switch on at petrol stations. Why is that function there if the gas is meant to be turned off when travelling?

 

[WynandJean]

To put this into perspective, can anyone on here say they have ever had a problem as a result of having it on. Not the, "I once heard from someone down the pub...." brigade, but actually had a problem?

Wyn

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[Gaston aires]

Always on . How else could my wife make the tea when driving ?
Phil

 

[Mr B]

As previous answers. AES fridge, so it basically on, then voo doo takes over when your driving, filling up with go juice, connecting up to ehu etc. ?

 

[Dilbert]

After attending a caravan accident where the gas bottle was hissing away merrily in a ditch as emergency services arrived I always turn off. It's about other peoples safety not just yours.

 

[Lenny HB]

On,
The AES fridge we have has a built in timer to ensure the fridge doesn't switch on at petrol stations. Why is that function there if the gas is meant to be turned off when travelling?

Still need the regulator with crash sensor and anti rupture hoses/bottles to travel safely with it on.

 

[peterc10]

After attending a caravan accident where the gas bottle was hissing away merrily in a ditch as emergency services arrived I always turn off. It's about other peoples safety not just yours.

That's why I only do it because I have the secumotion regulator and antirupture hoses fitted.

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[nicholsong]

We have an underslung tank, which is a bit fiddly to turn off and on. We turn it off on ferries, but otherwise leave it on. Working on the principle that lpg powered vehicles have tanks and obviously cannot turn them off when travelling.

Which is why they are not allowed in the Chunnel.

 

[Podney]

Off. It’s a no brainer,innit.

 

[HandyAndy]

Usually on. as when I get picked up from work on our outward journey, I get in the shower while she drives.
but all other travelling times off.

 

[nicholsong]

Usually on. as when I get picked up from work on our outward journey, I get in the shower while she drives.
but all other travelling times off.

You could be a good 'guinea oig' for testing Ryanair's standing passengers.

 

[Minxy]

Hmm ... well ... er ... we tend to travel with it on except for ferries/tunnel when we always turn it off.

In our Globecar we had an electric (12v) only fridge which meant we didn't have to worry about changing the power source so we got used to not having to but still normally had the gas on so we could have a cuppa en-route without having to mess about opening the rear doors and taking off the hatch to turn the bottle on and repeating to turn it off before departure, especially since you can bet it would be hissing it down at the time!

In the past, however, I was an advocate of turning it OFF all the time due to a very bad experience with a previous MH when we had a 5ft blowtorch inside due to the dealer fitting a BBQ point badly and a joint coming adrift, not a fault of the original gas system.

Now that we have an AES fridge we'll leave it on otherwise there's no point in having a clever fridge!

Oh, I've just finished off fitting my Gaslow system and installed the little square filler in the only place it would go ... if I'd had the larger round filler I'd have been stuffed!

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[movan]

Never off. If I hsve to stop in a layby for any reason, I don't want it noticeable I am a lone woman. Had some not nice experiences.

 

[Fletton]

On 24/7 ....
Except when filling with LPG... Then off.. and fridge too...( Just in case) ?

 

[Mikeco]

We have an underslung tank, which is a bit fiddly to turn off and on. We turn it off on ferries, but otherwise leave it on. Working on the principle that lpg powered vehicles have tanks and obviously cannot turn them off when travelling.

I fhave an underslung tank but I fitted a valve just above the floor where the gas pipe comes into the van, it’s inside a cupboard but easy to turn off.

 

[tonyidle]

On. Always unless asked to turn it off. 50 litres of petrol from a ruptured tank is a considerably greater hazard than a leaking gas supply.

 

[Reallyretired]

Off for the tunnel and when filling, otherwise usually on.

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