Talbot
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My last regulator just failed, and I discovered that the recommendation is that they be changed every 5 years- the first I had heard of this. I suspect others are in a like condition:
LPG Regulator
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Joe_Cole
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I thought they were supposed to be changed at 10years. Heaven knows how old my last one was! I changed it last autumn.
Danny_Labrador
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At £9.99 each. not a bad investment. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
misterg
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At £9.99 each. not a bad investment. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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Yours gold plated, or summat??
About a fiver from a caravan shop /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Changed mine this year.
Andy
At £9.99 each. not a bad investment. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
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Yours gold plated, or summat??
About a fiver from a caravan shop /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Changed mine this year.
Andy
Boathook
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If it works leave it alone. But if any cooker flames seem to high you may need to replace the regulator, though I have never heard of any failing that way but there is always a first time ....
2Tizwoz
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My neighbours mains gas regulator is buried in her garden. It hasn't been touched for 30 years. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
BlueSkyNick
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changing the regulator is easy and cheap enough. However, the pipe needs to be replaced too, well the rubber bits anyway. The original date is stamped on it and should be changed every five years, IIRC, too.
So might as well do both at once, albeit it takes a bit longer.
So might as well do both at once, albeit it takes a bit longer.
Talbot
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That will be why one of the caravan shops around here is selling new hose with the date stamp of 2002!!!!!!!!!
KREW2
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Hi
New reg and new flexihose installed at the beginning of the season at the request of my insurers, cost £150, cost of bit of paper to say it had been done by a marine qualified corgi engineer £75
New reg and new flexihose installed at the beginning of the season at the request of my insurers, cost £150, cost of bit of paper to say it had been done by a marine qualified corgi engineer £75
Talbot
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Presume your boat must be coded to require a corgi certificate, as AFAIK the corgi regulations are advisory only for boats. Notwithstanding this, the cost of a single regulator and hose should have been in the region of £15 unless you have a system with guage and automatic change over of cylinders.
IMHO you have been ripped off.
IMHO you have been ripped off.
KREW2
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Possibly, but a recent survey showed the rubber hose to be 7 years old and they asked for it to be replaced and a gas certifcate issued by a corgi marine fitter, I drew the line at having to get a new cooker because it did not have flame fail safe fitted, however the fitter issued me with my expensive piece of paper, and as of yet they have not asked to see it
