What have you fixed on your motorhome this week? (1 Viewer)

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Some cupdoor fixings etc have been coming loose, screw keeps turning round in hole. Ive inserted some inset fixings into towel holder and door, which had dropped off, should do the job 😁😁😁
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Jun 12, 2020
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Since we bought or van two years ago we’ve been merrily driving around with the gas on as the previous owners had given us a hand over guide which said we were fitted with a crash sensor ,no! On finally realising that was not the case I’ve fitted a Truma duo sensor

The yellow gas isolator is for an outside gas point I fitted at the same time👍

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I also fitted an essential bit of kit

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With thanks to PaulandChrissy
Does Gaslow not have crash protection (excessively quick release protection) built into their bottles?

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Does Gaslow not have crash protection (excessively quick release protection) built into their bottles?
No. Some refillable bottles have burst/leakage protection valves but this only protects the system as far as the regulator, not beyond it in a crash. To protect the system from the regulator onwards you must have a crash regulator.

The system must have 2 devices one for burst protection before the regulator and the other a crash regulator for after it. If the gas bottle does not have a built in burst protection valve you can buy a pigtail hose with a rupture protection device on it. It is no good having one or the other you need both.
 

Basildog

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I'm pretty certain, the answer to that is No! But I wait to be corrected? 🤔
Does Gaslow not have crash protection (excessively quick release protection) built into their bottles?
Yes the newer Gaslow cylinders fitted with the Rotarex multivalve do have a built in excess flow valve.
As already posted by Pausim the protection of the high pressure side is only one part of the required system to operate the gas whilst travelling, the second part cuts off the low pressure gas supply in the event of an accident normally incorporated in the regulator known as Drive safe , Crash safe etc , sometimes it’s an electronic control ecu that operates a solenoid gas shut off.

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Jun 12, 2020
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Yes the newer Gaslow cylinders fitted with the Rotarex multivalve do have a built in excess flow valve.
As already posted by Pausim the protection of the high pressure side is only one part of the required system to operate the gas whilst travelling, the second part cuts off the low pressure gas supply in the event of an accident normally incorporated in the regulator known as Drive safe , Crash safe etc , sometimes it’s an electronic control ecu that operates a solenoid gas shut off.
So fitting a crash safe regulator is added security then? Just curious. As it happens I have both.
Edited. Fully read the replies. Crash-safe is required for travelling. Thanks for the expert advice.
 

Basildog

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So fitting a crash safe regulator is added security then? Just curious. As it happens I have both.
I wouldn’t say added as both parts of the system are required to safely operate the gas whilst travelling.
So it’s either the cylinder / tank that has a built in excess flow valve or the high pressure gas hose (pigtail) is the rupture protection type that incorporates an excess flow valve in conjunction with the crash safe regulator.
 

stuartholmes

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Wouldn't call it a fix but been on the todo list for a while now. We got the motorhome Ceramic Coated and it's really came up amazing like a glass finish. Got a mobile guy who came highly recommended (central Scotland), does lots of caravans and motorhomes, took him more or less 7 hours to do the whole vehicle including roof with a 7 year protection.

It was on the road last weekend and the rain a surface water just ran off it, less than 5 mins to run a cloth over it and sparkling again.

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Should we ask the name & number.... ?
 

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