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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Lee GLS on October 18, 2012, 12:17:30 pm

Title: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: Lee GLS on October 18, 2012, 12:17:30 pm
Ive just got a gas heater to set up hot water in my van, but what pipe or connect do you use to attach the gas pipe to the heater?

Is the a 1/2 to barb you buy, or is there a gas pipe with a 1/2 female thread that is suitable?
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on October 18, 2012, 12:24:01 pm
Its neither, you should of been supplied the little collar(with pipe) that screws onto the unit?....no?

its defo not 1/2" mabe 1/4"?
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: Lee GLS on October 18, 2012, 12:34:37 pm
Its neither, you should of been supplied the little collar(with pipe) that screws onto the unit?....no?

its defo not 1/2" mabe 1/4"?

No there wasn't one with it,  it must be a 1/4 female hose tail I need then
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on October 18, 2012, 12:53:00 pm
Its neither, you should of been supplied the little collar(with pipe) that screws onto the unit?....no?

its defo not 1/2" mabe 1/4"?

No there wasn't one with it,  it must be a 1/4 female hose tail I need then


Lee have you got a gas BBQ? If so go and rob the gas pipe off that to see if it fits.
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: Lee GLS on October 18, 2012, 01:17:28 pm
I've got an old one kicking about that I can take the hose off but no way to connect it to the heater.
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on October 18, 2012, 01:44:20 pm
just checked it is definately 1/4" i have taken a photo of my connection will upload in a second...

sorry mate sandisk wont upload my pics to pc. anyway....

Its a Hex head shaped collar, with spinning barb if you catch my drift?
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: Lee GLS on October 18, 2012, 03:47:55 pm
Do you mean the tail or the thread is 1/4?
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: richard jagger on October 18, 2012, 03:48:14 pm
Lee what make of gas heater do you have. My one is Mae sold as a flaming hot water. This is what I used

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400319732160?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: Lee GLS on October 18, 2012, 04:16:01 pm
It's a called marey from America.

Ive got a regulator like the one in the link, it's the actual heater connection I need.
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: spongebob on October 18, 2012, 05:21:45 pm
show us a picture of the heater connection lee
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: Lee GLS on October 18, 2012, 05:39:14 pm
show us a picture of the heater connection lee

It's just a standard 1/2bsp male thread. I just need something to screw onto it to connect the gas pipe.
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: Roy Harding on October 18, 2012, 05:45:08 pm
The regulator will be red as they run on propane.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PROPANE-GAS-REGULATOR-2-METRE-HOSE-KIT-WITH-2-CLIPS-/160889577261?pt=UK_SportingGoods_Camping_CookingSupplies_ET&hash=item2575c41f2d

Roy
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: Lee GLS on October 18, 2012, 05:55:27 pm
The regulator will be red as they run on propane.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PROPANE-GAS-REGULATOR-2-METRE-HOSE-KIT-WITH-2-CLIPS-/160889577261?pt=UK_SportingGoods_Camping_CookingSupplies_ET&hash=item2575c41f2d

Roy

Its not the regulator I need, I have no way of connecting the hose to the actual heater because it came without a hose tail.

I have sorted it now, I managed to get a female 1/2bsp to 1/4 hose tail to screw onto the heater
Title: Re: Gas water heater gas pipe
Post by: Frankybadboy on October 18, 2012, 05:56:07 pm
show us a picture of the heater connection lee
do you cleaning windows spongebob