Hi ,
I purchased my new GOLDSTREAM RV campervan in Jan 2006. We have taken it our on 2 seperate trips (2 nights in Geelong - cold weather, 4 in Cobram - very hot weather) before camping down at
Wilson Prom for the Labor Day weekend (March 2006)
Unfortunately, upon arriving, I could not get any gas applicance (ie my fridge, cooker, hot water) to light up. I have a dual 9kg gas system. Checked the bottles, 1 full the other half. Turned the bottle selector frantically between both bottles....still no gas! (and yes, checked the valve on the GAS bottles as
well).
Found a pay phone, and rang the supplier of my camper van. They tell me that recently, they have been replacing the GAS REGULATORS as they have been blocking up. :-(
How I ask?
My RV supplier told me, he has been onto both his GAS supplier and campervan supplier to locate the fault. He indicated the GAS supplier told him they recently changed the LP GAS mixture to include more ODOUR chemical (a tar like substance or something like that??). Anyway, it is his opinion that the change in GAS ODOUR is clogging the regulators.
I removed the regulator and took it down to the PROM service station. We tried to flush with high pressure air, but somewhere else in the regulator, something blocked the exit of air/gas. I did notice a scaling of
grey matter in the regulator (assume this is the ODOUR chemical)
Apart from all the hastle of a failed GAS system on a long weekend, losing food, etc....We managed to get a replace regulator from the supplier.
The regulators come from CAMEC - Generally a
well known RV supplier.
So what is going on here?
[1] Has our LP GAS mixture changed to include more ODOUR?
[2] Can this ODOUR gum up the regulator?
[3] Can you actually have "dirty" gas supplied?
[4] Why is this only affecting "new" campervans?
[5] Are GAS regaulators other than thoses supplied by CAMEC blocking up?
Any ideas appreciated! Certainly, I will be checking the full operation of my GAS system days before embarking on a journey again (live and learn).
Thanks,
Rob