Gas cooker - woosh!

[Athene V30]

My gas cooker blew up on me today! I had put the kettle on whilst doing a job on deck by the forhatch and noticed a smell of gas from on deck so I went back into the cabin - the ring with the kettle was still alight and as I went to turn off the ring the whole of the grill and the gap between the hobs went woosh! My right hand is now as smooth as a babys bum!! Fortunately I was able to turn the gas off at the tap under the sink and the fire went out almost immediately and no lasting damage. As the cooker is probably the original and has rust coming through in areas I don't see a lot of point in trying to repair it plus I don't think I would want to trust it again. Don't want to be half way cross channel and unable to make a cup of tea!

So I now need to replace my cooker - I want 2 hobs / grill / oven. I am thinking about the Plastimo Neptune 2500 Cooker which is about £370 inc gimballs and pan clamps.

Any other suggestions?

PS I did check after that the hobs were correctly on and they were so tried again and got a similar (but much smaller) blow back.

 

[Cantata]

Blimey! I am mightily relieved to hear that you are OK! Could have been very different. Definitely ditch the thing.
We've got a Plastimo, nothing special but it does the job.

 

[Pye_End]

Gosh.

That could have been rather worse by the sounds of things. Glad all was okish.

What is the one that you have on board and how old is it? I have a Plastimo Atlantic, destined to be changed for a Neptune soon (maybe sooner after your post!), which fits in the same gimbles, so an obvious choice.

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Another Neptune here...... as above... functional, and does its job as required..... I think some others are much better..... but not 4 x price better!

 

[Jomo]

Blimey Peter,

A timely lesson. Methinks I'll be taking a close look at the cookers as well as the 'toys' on my boat hunt!

 

[Jezlyn]

Glad you're OK Peter. No explosions in our yard please!

 

[MoodySabre]

Cripes! At least you have some hair to spare!

I have a Neptune too. Whilst it works OK (you have tasted the results /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif) I do not like the safety wire that keeps the oven door closed as it keeps jumping out of the holes each end - a very cheap affair. If I was buying again then this is one thing I would like to improve even at some expense.

 

[eastcoastbernie]

Eeeeek! I might be investing in something newer after hearing that!

 

[WoodyP]

I have just fitted a Neptune 2500. The gimbals are not up to much. Just a couple of saddles with the pivot laid in them. Nothing to physically hold the stove in other than gravity and the length of flexible pipe. Also, there isn't a locking mechanism. Considering a modification at the moment, but I don't think this is really fit for purpose as sold. The oven looks ok though and a good price is available at less than £400.
Cheers,
G.

 

[asj1]

I ahve just replaced a Vanessa with a Nelson Spinflo - I think I finally paid £328 ( or it might have been £428, it definitely ended in £28!!). What stove did you have before? since if you had the vanessa the tip is to use the same gimbals - but it takes a bit of fettling.

Andrew

 

[davidfox]

3 or 4 years ago one of the yachting mags did a comparison of all the cheaper cookers and the Neptune came out slightly better IIRC as it made better toast, any way I bought one and it has been fine.

 

[davidfox]

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3 or 4 years ago one of the yachting mags did a comparison of all the cheaper cookers and the Neptune came out slightly better IIRC as it made better toast, any way I bought one and it has been fine.

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No it wasnt it was a Spinflo Nelson - I got confused with all the N's sorry

 

[ditchcrawler]

I bought a Spinflo Nelson in Marinestore Xmas sale & with the 12.5% discount got it for just over £400.Mega surprised to see they now have it priced at nearly £600.I thought it was worth a bit more than the Plastimo but not that much.Techimpex are available from Compass for £430.

 

[Athene V30]

Old one was a Flavel B600 I think. Probably 1973 original!
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Thanks for all the advice.

 

[Sixpence]

Good to hear you're alright anyway Peter, gas isn't nice when that sort of thing happens, know that much all too well here

 

[CPD]

That rather reminds me of a tiny and not insignificant detail the surveyor picked up on in Pipedreams' survey - that not only was the hob/grill unit (Flavella) original, circa 1976, so were the flexible orange pipes - at the time they were some 25 years beyond the recommended replacement life of 5 years, or to put it anther way, 6 time over their recommended life limit.

Glad to hear you survived in one piece Peter /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Sixpence]

Luckily a boat doesn't normally come with a 47 kg gas bottle, when they go off, you lose

 

[Athene V30]

Hoses were replaced when I got the boat so they are only 5 years old.

Just ordered the new cooker - think it as well to change the hoses at the same time.

 

[SwedishLass]

Was told it should be date stamped and then replaced within 5years of printed date. Did not know this and bought from Ellen's DIY store, had been in stock for 2 years and had to do it all over again a couple of seasons later. Regulators are dated too.