Hey all. We had a slight gas smell this morning and traced it to this at the top of the Dometic fridge just behind the power selection dial. Would anyone recognise it? Would anyone know if it is repairable or easier to replace. It looks to be a sealed unit But I'm no gasfitter.
Looks like a home made adjustable thingo. Is that a block of wood at the top? Surely not.
Perhaps a trip to a gas fitter might be a good idea.
Desert Dweller said
06:49 AM Jul 19, 2016
Looks like another home handyman job to me. Needs fixing by a tradesman, otherwise it could be a case of:
BOOM!
Cupie said
08:19 AM Jul 19, 2016
After a second look it seems to me that it is certainly a handyman made or repaired gas pressure regulator.
I assume that the vertical rods are held in place by the safety pin shaped leaf springs. As the out of picture lower adjuster is moved up or down the upper brass rod is moved within the horizontal gas feed. I assume that it has a tapered profile that alters the gas flow through the gas feed.
Perhaps the gland nut at the bottom of the timber block is leaking if you can smell gas. Check the whole assembly with a soapy spray.
My guess is that at some stage the casing around the flow regulator broke & some home handyman manufactured the timber replacement.
Certainly a time bomb that aught to be replaced before using.
KevinC said
08:42 AM Jul 19, 2016
Don't be put off by the wood. When an item doesn't have mounting lugs it's is common enough to mount it in a wooden block that can then be fixed to a bracket. Or it used to be! Nowadays I suppose we'd just use cable ties to hold something firm.
The device supported by the wooden block is the regulator, and that obviously needs a gas fitter.
Dougwe said
03:41 PM Jul 19, 2016
Welcome to the gang oiddad, enjoy here and out in the playground.
I agree with others, call in a pro.
Keep safe on the roads.
oiddad said
05:58 PM Jul 19, 2016
Thanks. It's not wood but copper or brass. If you look up dometic spare parts it comes up as 'gas****'. So it does exist but $140 to replace. So now Wonder whether if it is repairable. The soapy bubbles after testing came from the cylinder looking thing at the top of the pic. Any ideas?
oiddad said
06:12 PM Jul 19, 2016
Thanks. It's not wood but copper or brass. If you look up dometic spare parts it comes up as 'gas****'. So it does exist but $140 to replace. So now Wonder whether if it is repairable. The soapy bubbles after testing came from the cylinder looking thing at the top of the pic. Any ideas?
blaze said
06:52 PM Jul 19, 2016
to me it looks as if that slides across with some sort of spring lock on the other end. It most likely has oring seals but at $140 just have it replaced, cheap life insurance
cheers
blaze
KevinC said
10:25 PM Jul 19, 2016
If that is a brass unit, not the wood that we first thought, then give it to the man and just get it replaced with a new unit. There is no justification for stuffing around with something that for the price of a nice meal can cost you your future.
Greg9 said
11:21 AM Jul 20, 2016
Death costs more than $140, get a gasfitter.
macka17 said
01:56 PM Jul 21, 2016
Just dump it and get a Waeco 12/240v fridge that fits in hole.
Works efficiently and a lot cheaper.
Plus has NO gas to go boom
Thos things went out with the Ark..
Hey all. We had a slight gas smell this morning and traced it to this at the top of the Dometic fridge just behind the power selection dial. Would anyone recognise it? Would anyone know if it is repairable or easier to replace. It looks to be a sealed unit But I'm no gasfitter.
Looks like a home made adjustable thingo. Is that a block of wood at the top? Surely not.
Perhaps a trip to a gas fitter might be a good idea.
Looks like another home handyman job to me. Needs fixing by a tradesman, otherwise it could be a case of:
BOOM!
After a second look it seems to me that it is certainly a handyman made or repaired gas pressure regulator.
I assume that the vertical rods are held in place by the safety pin shaped leaf springs. As the out of picture lower adjuster is moved up or down the upper brass rod is moved within the horizontal gas feed. I assume that it has a tapered profile that alters the gas flow through the gas feed.
Perhaps the gland nut at the bottom of the timber block is leaking if you can smell gas. Check the whole assembly with a soapy spray.
My guess is that at some stage the casing around the flow regulator broke & some home handyman manufactured the timber replacement.
Certainly a time bomb that aught to be replaced before using.
The device supported by the wooden block is the regulator, and that obviously needs a gas fitter.
I agree with others, call in a pro.
Keep safe on the roads.
cheers
blaze
Death costs more than $140, get a gasfitter.
Works efficiently and a lot cheaper.
Plus has NO gas to go boom
Thos things went out with the Ark..