Connecting two gas hoses together

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Morning Portlester,
I had the same problem and sort advice from a gas fitter who informed me that it is illegal to extend a gas hose because the hose can only handle a certain pressure over a certain length.The fittings are also designed so you can't extend them. Remember, gas expands 250 times its volume when released, very dangerous.

Noel

I had a similar problem with my Coleman stove, hose not long enough, and the Coleman regulator is at the stove end.

I did buy a 1.5m hose from Coleman, but any longer than that and you need a gas fitter to make it up so it is legal.

Oh dear...... looks like I'd better be locked up!

Several years ago I joined 2 sections of gas hose together with a double-ended brass barb and a couple of screw-up hose clamps. This is used in an unregulated job on a gas blow torch.

To date (as attested by the fact that I'm sitting here typing this piffle), I haven't managed to blow myself to smithereens........ ;-)

Roachie

LPG will move to the lowest point in your trailer if there is a leak and if there's no vent hole this is an disaster waiting to happen. Having the work done by an unlicensed person is like putting a gun to your head.
Arthur

i'm pretty sure it is 'illegal' to have long gas hoses.
however, i have been using long gas hoses (10m long) for over 30 years in uk & over here.
i brought my hoses to Oz and i am still using them, particularly handy like you say, when you don't have to unbolt the gas bottle.
i fail to see understand the argument that hoses cannot stand the pressure, as posted, the correct hose for the job will do the job.
fittings were changed professionally by a hose fitting mob in perth on the understanding it was for a propane torch. (wink wink).
i would not advise you to join 2 hoses.
also, i have a 30 year old habit of leaving the stove on and turning the bottle off to burn off the gas in the tube.
never had any probs with this set up.

Same with us, we've got 2 4.5 kg bottles to the fore of the wheel arch, and use the same or similar coleman stove setup as you.

I understand that one of the major reasons you're not able to have hoses any longer is because a flammable/explosive biproduct of the gas can accumulate in longer hoses, which can result in fires.

Our answer - I puchased several fittings and had a plumber mate fix a length of copper piping to the side of the trailer with the POL outlet near the rear of the trailer - easily close enough to the kitchen for the 1.5m coleman hose to reach. You could potentially leave the soft hose attached and just secure it to the side of the trailer somehow during transit.

At the gas bottle end a short length (about 25cms) of soft hose connects from the copper pipe to the gas bottles, and because it is flexible it can easily be detatched from one and attached to the other without having to move bottles.

I was told by 'experts' at a Gas place that this was legal.

I'd check with the authorities prior though it if bothered you at all and you were wanting to replicate my setup.

Cheers

Damien