I have had one of these for some time now, a few days back in extreme heat a gas hose crimped end blew off.
This device is supposed to shut off the gas flow in this kind of situation & it failed to do so loosing a cyl, of gas, as we were away from camp at the time so not impressed with that.
Had a look on the nett for the company, got their number to find out its not connected, looked further & appears there is a company name change ; same ph number.
This one had an email add so sent one off; yep no reply.
Will not trust another one.
JC
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A gas dealer told me if you have the normal van regulator you don't need the gas fuse ,because the van regulator does the same thing as the gas fuse ,and also the gas fuse is only good for two years, but in your case neither were any good,I pitched my two gas fuses ,as it looks like they are not worth a pinch of goats poo anyway.
There are cheap non compliant imports running loose around Oz, as we have heard recently with those butane stoves, if it does not have AGA or ALPGA approval attached to it best not to buy it.
Also, unless you were running the fridge on gas in your absence, it's always a good idea to have the gas turned off unless you are using it.
Glad to hear no damage done, but could have been a disaster, I worked for Kleenheat in WA for 31 years, and am well aware of what could have happened.
Never travel with the gas still turned on, and never refuel with the fridge running on gas, sounds like basic common sense, but it happens.
Good idea to turf it, just ensure you have good quality pigtails, check for leaks with soapy water occasionally and only leave the gas bottle turned on when in use.
Happy travels mate,
Bevan
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From my understanding the gas fuse works similar to the excess flow valve on auto lpg tank If a line is ruptured completely they will shut off due to excess flow (much higher than normal flow rate ) however more often than not partial damage occurs due to accident etc .although there will be leakage it may not be high enough to trigger shut off (auto gas fitter by trade) The gas fuse will be before the regulator so if fault occurred between the two it should shut off. But if fault occurred after regulator as it seems in this case the regulated pressure would be at a lot lower pressure than before regulator and probably too low to trigger shut off End result still will empty cylinder but only at regulated pressure rate Not ideal but imho what has occurred.
Just to clarify any speculation here the fuse screws directly into the bottle; then the hose screws into the fuse a connects to the regulator. I have had this device for a few years . Just found a date stamped into the fuse 6/7/12, maybe a useby date.
The hose failure was right at the fuse.The crimped end blew off so an open gas line a no shut off.
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Thats the one doug. I would not buy another as this one had a habit of tuning off the gas just after we turned on the bottle; primed the fuse a turned on a stove burner only to find the fuse shut off a minute later so would have to reprime fuse then ok.This time failed at the time when it should have turned off.
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Hope all is well with you both mate. I am stranded in Ulladulla due to some bad weather going through. Hope to start my migration nth no later than Thursday now.
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