chas Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Have been browsing through my CCC magazine and noticed that Gaslow will now offer their 30mb regulator bulkhead fixing, together with a 750mm stainless steel hose and an 01-1674 propane hand tight connector, so one can use the hose on both butane or propane. Can find no mention of it on their website or the cost. Seems like a great idea. As any one any further information on it ? The regulator carrys a 5 year warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Think you must have missed them as they are listed, with the prices, on the Gaslow site see http://www.gaslow.co.uk/pdf/RETAIL_PRICE_LIST_2007.pdf between paragraph page 9 and 12 headed New 5 Year Guarantee. Bas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I can't really decide who is going to purchase this product... Gaslow's Clesse-branded 30mbar regulator has an outlet-connection for 10mm gas pipework. Many (most?) motorhomes/caravans use 8mm pipework and, to fit the Clesse regulator to these would require a 10mm-to-8mm adapter. To minimise the chance of regulator-fouling most UK motorhome/caravan manufacturers have followed Calor's recommendations and adopted a regulator position near the ceiling of the gas-locker with a 90° elbow attached to the regulator's inlet to connect to the gas pigtail. Gaslow's stainless-steel pigtail is quite stiff - much stiffer than a conventional 'rubber' pigtail - and (as is evident from the Caravan Club Magazine's advert), if the regulator is positioned with its inlet uppermost, a good deal of clearance above the inlet will be required to obtain the necessary curve in the pigtail for it to lead to a gas-bottle. (The Gaslow pigtail's stiffness also means that, for many installations, a 750mm length will be insufficient.) All of this strongly suggests that, for most leisure-vehicles, it won't be a straightforward blink-of-an-eye task to swap one's existing regulator + pigtail for Gaslow's 300 Universal kit and that at least some DIY cutting-and-shutting will be needed - something that the CC usually has a fit over where LPG is concerned. The Clesse 30mbar regulator has been claimed to be immune to the clogging problems that afflicted GOK(Truma) and (to a lesser extent) Cavagna regulators, and employing a stainless-steel pigtail should remove any likelihood of debris entering the regulator/gas system as a result of the gas attacking the hose's inner lining. I've no problem with using the Clesse product or an all-metal pigtail. However, I do wonder about the rationale behind offering the Clesse regulator + s/s pigtail as a 'kit' when it's possible to obtain individual components that would exactly match installation requirements. For example, if a high-mounted regulator with 90° inlet were needed, Clesse markets a regulator with that configuration. Similarly, if one can anticipate a requirement to use gas containers of varying height, it would be sensible to opt for a length of pigtail that allowed the shortest container to be easily reached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Sorry to correct you Derek, but if you look at the link in my previous post you will find that the reg is available in EITHER 8mm or 10mm. Bas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul2 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Why when i click on the link do i get a blank page ? (not just this time) Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellsgofar Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Paul2 Just give it time to download Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Bas: I based my comment about the Clesse regulator's 10mm connection on what I was told some time ago by Clesse(UK). It's quite possible that (like GOK/Truma regulators) Clesse now produces regulators with specific 10mm or 8mm outlets and that no step-down adapter will be needed when the leisure-vehicle has 8mm-diameter pipework. The following links suggest that the standard Clesse regulator still has a 10mm outlet that would need 'reducing' to attach to 8mm pipework, but who knows? http://www.clesse.co.uk/Page5284.htm http://www.socal.co.uk/66/16343 I believe that, when Gaslow marketed the Cavagna 30mbar regulator, it was sold with an appropriate screw-on extension fitting according to whether 8mm or 10mm pipework was involved, so perhaps the same ploy is used with the Clesse product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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