Automatic changeover regulator

[Kai]

My Bailey unicorn Valencia S1 regulator is over 10 years old, I am going to change it myself with automatic changeover regulator https://ebay.us/m/M4loxR. Has anyone use it? Does it work properly?

 

[otherclive]

Never done that but Cavagna are a well respected brand, and I’ve used their kit on the van and at home.

 

[GUMPY]

Sounds good
It would enable one to empty both gas bottles without noticing until of course it was too late🤔

 

[RogerL]

Sounds good
It would enable one to empty both gas bottles without noticing until of course it was too late🤔

Yes, auto changeover regulators do require regular checking of the colour displays and action when it changes - got the T-shirt!

 

[Mr Plodd]

I still reckon its better to have a manual changeover. That way you know when the first cylinder has run out, so you can schedule a replacement into the few following days. Otherwise you just know what will happen.
It's not as if a manual changeover is a difficult time consuming task is it?

 

[GUMPY]

When I inherited an auto changeover after the first time I was caught out I used to leave the second bottle off until the first had run out, then I switched it on. Made sure it never happened again.

 

[Dustydog]

Same as Mr Plodd. Waste of time unless you have dozens of cylinders etc🤪

 

[Jcloughie]

I thought the Valencia came with an auto valve, I feel sure mine did. I have now had 2 vans with them and I did not use them for the same reason as Mr Plodd and others have said.

John

 

[Mr Plodd]

When I inherited an auto changeover after the first time I was caught out I used to leave the second bottle off until the first had run out, then I switched it on. Made sure it never happened again.

Which tends to rather negate the whole ethos of an "automatic" changeover doesnt it ?

 

[GUMPY]

Which tends to rather negate the whole ethos of an "automatic" changeover doesnt it ?

Which is why I would never fit one, those I have had came with the boats.
However it is easier to just turn a valve on when the gas has run out and you need to make your morning cuppa than to mess around with a spanner changing bottles.