External Gas Connection for a BBQ

Thanks Andy D2 and others.
We only use our outside BBQ for cooking hence the need/liking for an easy connection to our existing gas bottles. Your info has been most helpful. Cheers

What has to be realised is that whilst all these fitting are readily available from different stockists, the expert advice from a professional gas fitter would only pay benefits in the long run. There are so many appliances available nowadays that have the regulator for the appliance at the end of the hose leaving up to a 2m hose with gas bottle pressure in it. Technical specs show that 1 litre of liquid propane will create 230 litres of gas when released to atmosphere. Me thinks safety should be observed at all times!

As I have a bayonet fitting I am interested in all posts.

Andy, when you say..... "There are so many appliances available nowadays that have the regulator for the appliance at the end of the hose leaving up to a 2m hose with gas bottle pressure in it.".....I take it you mean you have seen the regulator at the appliance end of the hose. I have never seen this configuration.

You also 'seem' to say that a bayonet would supply gas at "bottle ressure" to any hose plugged into it. My caravan, and all I have seen have a regulator ON to bottle so can only supply regulated gas pressure to anywhere in the van.

Have I read you wrongly?

Cheers Neil

Neil
Sorry for the confusion, I have seen some portable appliances that have the regulator attached on the end that would go onto the appliance and the other end would attach into the gas bottle, although I believe that the maximum length for this type of hose arrangement is 1.2m, I suspect the afore mentioned arrangements are not to current standards. The ideal scenario is that the Regulator for an RV or Caravan system be securely mounted as close to the gas bottle with the vent facing down or covered. The vent being placed in this position will prevent any ingress of moisture or dust into the internal working of the regulator. The pipework from the regulator can then be installed in copper to suitable hook up points for the application at hand. To connect up your gas bottle to the regulator there are flexible pigtails available, these are brilliant as they will remain flexible all the time and will withstand road vibration as the unit is towed, copper pigtails tend to go brittle after time as they are annealed copper and become "work hardened" as they age.
Some people do try to run high pressure lines through their units by conveyance of hose or copper lines, to me this is just a time bomb waiting to happen, regulated gas line are the safer option to me.
Hope this helps...