Truma 30mb gas regulator

[john_5040735]

Can anyone recommend a supplier/distruter of Truma regulators. Wish to purchase spare as I caravan quite a lot on the continent and believe they are prone to problems, so want to carry spare - just in case (I always seem to have a "just in case moment!!).

Thanks a lot in advance of your assistance.

John

 

[john_5040735]

Just realised there are two sizes available - 8mm/10mm. Anyone know which is fitted to the newer Elddis range.

Thanks again

 

[Guest]

If you are really worried you can always carry your old 28mb regulator and some hose with the nipple connector. You probably will have one for the BBQ anyway. If your new one went pear shaped just swop back, the system will work perfectly well. Just remember to put it all back to original before you put the van in for sevicing or they will refuse to touch it until they fit a whole new (expensive) system for you.

Ironically if you had purchased a Continental van up to the end of 2005 you still did not need to have a bulkhead regulator fitted to be legal. I visited a Eriba Hymer dealers last month and he confirmed that all the new vans were still being delivered to him with hose nipple connectors. He was adding 30mb regulators at his dealership to keep customers happy.

Anyway, I thought all spare parts were kept in the wife's handbag? She usually has everything else you need in there.

 

[john_5040735]

And she's got a bag big enough as well Scotch Lad!!

Being a simple soul, I presume I need a nipple connector with some sort of screw attachment to attach to gas system in place of regulator. Is this male or female - have seen several examples on the web.

Cheers

 

[Guest]

John,

I would assume a male hose nipple connector is required, at least that is what would fit my van. If you are like us and tend to use CC sites then I usually only use the gas for the hob, the fridge and the water heater run of the site mains. If you use rally fields then of course you will need to run everything off gas.

Regarding regulators, there appears to be 2 main types. There is the banjo shaped device that is shown on most cataloque pages, Calor for instance. There is also another GOK type that is shaped more like the normal regulator of old. This type I was assured?? by the dealer who sold me it, did not suffer the faults of gas contamination. I have yet to run it through a season to find out if he is correct. If he ain't I will return and castigate him strongly.

 

[john_5040735]

Hi Scotch Lad

Someone tells me that the Truma regulator - fitted to many vans - is made by or in partnership with GOK. Hope by now that the initial problems relating to these regulators has been resolved. Time will tell. Thanks for your help!

John

 

[Mike_5040866]

Just had 1st year service. Had 3rd regulator

fitted (at service) but was told new/this batch has problem corrected

Here's hoping.

suggest a check with your dealer

 

[john_5040735]

Hi Mike - what model year is your van? As previously stated I am told 2006 vans have this issue corrected. Also, what explanation are you given for the repeated fault.

John

 

[Peter_5130296]

Just had this fail on my van on the first day in France. Got round it by using the electric hob but it was a pain.

Truma CS tell me today they have no fix yet and thet the regulator is the same my dealer will supply?

Peter.

This was posted on a news group that may be a fix be it temp.

If you are fortunate enough to have a barbecue point on your van -

most newish vans have them - then all you need is an old style

regulator with some tubing. The regulator is fixed to the bottle and

the tubing connects to the barbecue point with a jubilee clip. Because

this barbecue pipe is teed off after the truma reullator you can

simply introduce the gas to the van system via the older regulator. I

was able to help out a fellow caravanner in France this summer whose

truma regulator gave up the ghost when he still had half his holiday

to go.

Irish Rover

 

[Denise4]

Just returned from a week away and our regulator failed. We didn't know about the problem and when no gas was coming through we went to the caravan workshop that was on site. He couldn't fix it as he had no regs in stock but told us to use the bbq point, we just had to buy a

 

[procterd]

I have just returned from a trip in my 2006 Conqueror which was cut short by the infamous 30mbar regulator on Propane fault. Until this trip I was completely unaware of this problem only found out about it when it was explained to me when I called the dealer for help!

Anyway, whilst the guy was explaining that they don't know who is responsible for the problem blah, blah, blah, he happened to mention oil being in the regulator. Now I don't know anything about gas regulators or systems and why oil should be there in the first place but I do know that oil thickens when cold and as the outside temperatures for the two nights had been around 5oC. and this problem happened first thing in the morning after working perfectly all day, it got me thinking, what if the regulator was warmed up a bit?

I decided to try something, I wrapped a tea towel around the regulator and poured boiling water from a kettle into the towel until it had soaked up all the water and then kept pouring it gradually until the kettle was empty, I left it for half an hour to warm through and tried the appliances again... HEY PRESTO! They all worked again.

In case this was a co-incidence we ran the gas appliances as usual all throughout the day and then at bed time went over to electric only heating. The next morning, would you believe? No gas again!! I didn't have time to try the hot water treatment again as we were leaving site to take the van straight to the dealers to have the regulator sorted.

This article is submitted only as an account of my experience as it happened and should not be taken as advice on what to do. Gas systems can be very dangerous and should be treated very carefully, if you are in any doubt call your dealer, they are the ones qualified to advise you one this subject.