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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: lyndy on October 31, 2011, 05:30:57 pm

Title: Smell of gas
Post by: lyndy on October 31, 2011, 05:30:57 pm

We have a l5 heater fitted,and it really smells of gas when I turn the bottle on and the smell doesn't go away
I've checked all the joints,any ideas?

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: Rob_Mac on October 31, 2011, 07:25:16 pm

42 views and nobody got any ideas. I'll help you out before you go BOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!

Check the supply from the gas bottle. If it is a screw in then don't use PTFE tape but the jointing gunk for gas connections. You can get this from B & Q

Get the washing up liquid out and see where you are getting a leak from. Anywhere you suspect put a covering of fairy on it and look for bubbles.

Tighten as necessary!!

Rob

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: lyndy on October 31, 2011, 08:30:12 pm

Thanks mate I've put the fairy where it screws into the bottle there's no leak there,may try the gunk stuff just in case,could it be in the l5 unit it self? 

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: Rob_Mac on October 31, 2011, 08:55:05 pm

I haven't seen the internals of an L5 but I do use a lot of gas in one of the vans. Unless the seal is spot on between the bottle and the connector screw it will leak gas.

I doubt that it will be anywhere else unless it has been stressed or dropped.

Rob ;D

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: Smudger on October 31, 2011, 08:58:07 pm

Sorry cant be of any help but to say DO NOT USE!

Darran

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: Blue Frog Systems on October 31, 2011, 10:24:22 pm

Good job you dont smoke !!! (am guessing you dont)

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: Richard Neal on October 31, 2011, 11:07:33 pm

i used to be CORGI registared for LPG, DO NOT USE THE HEATER!

get it all pressure tested by someone who knows what they are doing before you explode in your van,

 you cant mess about with lpg it is a lot more explosive than domestic gas in your house, it does not evaporate as quickly and can collect on the floor of your van and then ignite when you get in and start the engine.

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: dazmond on November 01, 2011, 07:35:41 am

i think ill stick with my cold system!!although i might not think like this in a few months!! ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: [GQC] Tim on November 01, 2011, 11:47:57 am

Quote from: dazmond on November 01, 2011, 07:35:41 am

i think ill stick with my cold system!!although i might not think like this in a few months!! ;D ;D ;D

I used to think like that, I'm never going back now. Cold wfp is just not good enough for me anymore. And I do a lot of maintenance cleans, few one offs or first cleans. It's so much quicker it's not even funny anymore. Still waiting for my mushroom vent (made to order, only just got send in post to me) but I hate it when I can't have my doors open, and have to use cold.

Once it's set up properly, it works just as reliably as the cold system. (here's hoping it will stay like that)

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on November 01, 2011, 04:35:30 pm

A tiny amount of gas can smell a lot. It is probably leaking between the regulator and the bottle or possibly the connection to the l5 itself. Metal on metal is very difficult to get airtight, you need to really wrench the spanner hard.

Simon.

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: CLEANGLASSUK on November 01, 2011, 05:31:31 pm

Stop havin onions with your hotdogs then the gas might go away...

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: lyndy on November 01, 2011, 05:43:45 pm

Just turned the bottle on,can't really smell it now very strange

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: Smudger on November 01, 2011, 06:30:54 pm

oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...............


thats when it's at it's most dangerous !   :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Darran

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: A & J Owen Window Cleaning on November 01, 2011, 07:04:26 pm

change the regulator gas does smell a bit when you turn on.

Title: Re: Smell of gas
Post by: [GQC] Tim on November 01, 2011, 07:59:05 pm

Quote from: A & J Owen Window Cleaning on November 01, 2011, 07:04:26 pm

change the regulator gas does smell a bit when you turn on.

Uhm I hope not?!!