update on truma gas regulators

[geoffh]

I have a 18 moth old lunar and i was just getting it ready for a holiday and the truma regulator has packed

AS i live in france its makes thing a bit harder to resolve

are they still being changed under warranty?

 

[Damian]

Geoff, yes they are, but through the dealer/manufacturer route, NOT through Truma.

 

[geoffh]

Thanks for that i will ring my dealer in the morning and see if they will post me one

I am coming back to england in two weeks but wanted to do some touring on the way to the ferry

My dealer is not the most helpful are we allowed to mention there name if they don't exchange it?

Has anybody tried the calorgas bulkhead regulator i need a spare in case it happens again?

 

[geoffh]

Well my dealer will replace it no trouble but said it would cost

 

[gary]

I would ask your dealer what's wrong with the Post Office?

A regulator will go Airmail as a 'small packet' for around a fiver! and you'll have it the day after tomorrow

 

[geoffh]

I would ask your dealer what's wrong with the Post Office?

A regulator will go Airmail as a 'small packet' for around a fiver! and you'll have it the day after tomorrow

Today I went to a motorhome sales outlet in the nearest large town in France and I purchased a EU gas regulator made in Italy by Cavagna Group for 27 euros it is the same size and spec as the truma one and it even had instructions in english

Lets hope it gives no trouble but at under

 

[geoffh]

posted this in comments in error (its a age thing)

Today I went to a motorhome sales outlet in the nearest large town in France and I purchased a EU gas regulator made in Italy by Cavagna Group for 27 euros it is the same size and spec as the truma one and it even had instructions in english

Lets hope it gives no trouble but at under

 

[MikeAce]

Just revert back to the old style cylinder mounted type.

I went through 2 bulkhead regulators then for less than a tenner for a meter of gas hose and a regulator i have not had an issue since.

The old type were much better, all that fuss to save a couple of mb to be more environmentally friendly, the new regulators have been nothing less than a downgrade, back off Brussels.

 

[MJ2]

Just revert back to the old style cylinder mounted type.

I went through 2 bulkhead regulators then for less than a tenner for a meter of gas hose and a regulator i have not had an issue since.

The old type were much better, all that fuss to save a couple of mb to be more environmentally friendly, the new regulators have been nothing less than a downgrade, back off Brussels.

Hi Mike

I beieve you are correct, regulator problems only occured after the change to bulkheag mounted regulators.These required a high pressure hose to connect the gas bottle to the regulator (cost about

 

[MJ2]

I beieve you are correct, regulator problems only occured after the change to bulkheag mounted regulators.These required a high pressure hose to connect the gas bottle to the regulator (cost about

 

[rob_jax]

Not exactly guys.

EN 1949 (fixed 30 mBar regulator) is a European standard, but it wasn't imposed by Brussels - it was created by a group of people from the caravan industry.

EN 1949 wasn't the problem per se, it was the way it was implemented in UK caravans that was wrong. There are three steps to getting the gas from the bottle to the fixed pipework, and even getting only one of those right would have "cured" the problem, but they managed to get all three steps wrong.

EN 1949 has nothing to do with the the environment, and a lot to do with using one regulator for any type of gas, and getting the regulator out of the hands of enthusiastic amateurs or people who drop stuff on the floor...

The old type was not "better" oil could still be leached from the flexible pipe and find it's way into the rigid pipework.

And it's illegal to back convert from EN 1949 to the old system - but that's only important if you have your caravan serviced.

### Note to Geoff:

If all you did was to simply replace the regulator, you might like to clean the pigtail hose by washing the inside with warm soapy water and then drying it - this should remove any "oil" from the walls of the pigtail - and stop it building up in the regulator.

And if you kept your old regulator, the same warm water (50 degree) treatment should loosen the oil contamination from the diaphragm and return the regulator to normal use. You might need a foot-pump to blow the water through the regulator and then dry it out afterwards.

Robert

 

[MikeAce]

Seeing as how this old thread has been revived i should post my update.

Although my post above states that i reverted to the old style regulator and it worked well i can confirm that i opted to refer back to a bulkhead mounted regulator.

The reason was nothing to do with the gas flow or for any functional reasons as it worked beautifully but i thought that the alterations to the gas supply might affect my caravan insurance, i picked up a bulkhead regulator and a new pigtail for