Gas on/off?

[eddie]

My camper runs on LPG so On!

 

[daveinspain]

Always off, despite having crash sensor etc.

 

[knickam]

The pigtails should be protected by anti rupture valves at the bottle end. In case of a sudden increase in gas flow they turn it off.

Yes, This protects against a rupture or major leak between the bottle and the regulator.

If there is a leak after the regulator, The regulator will limit the flow below the flow needed to activate the pigtail or gas bottle protection and the gas will continue to flow.

 

[David and Sally]

Off.

 

[Puddleduck]

We turn ours off - but have forgotten to do so on occasion. We do have two of the crash sensor things. One the truma one that came as part of the van and then Autogas 2000 fitted a second when they put in the refillable gas system.

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[Richard n Ann]

On. But off for tunnel and ferries thought there'd be a bun fight about it by now

 

[WESTY66]

We turn ours off - but have forgotten to do so on occasion. We do have two of the crash sensor things. One the truma one that came as part of the van and then Autogas 2000 fitted a second when they put in the refillable gas system.

Are the Alugas cylinders safe to travel switched on? I have 2x Alugas also a Truma CS Control thingy but I don’t think it has crash protection

Yes I know they should be higher than the tops of the bottles but that’s as high as I can get it

 

[Griffithii]

Gaslow- always on except on a ferry.

 

[Puddleduck]

Are the Alugas cylinders safe to travel switched on? I have 2x Alugas also a Truma CS Control thingy but I don’t think it has crash protection

We have both the Truma and the crash safe thingy fitted by Chris at Autogas 2000. Without the crash protection they are not safe to use turned on. With the crash protection I still prefer to travel with them off but I am known to be very risk adverse.

 

[two]

There don't seem to be (m)any reports of serious consequences due to gas bottles being left on in motorhomes and I'm sure that's in spite of many travelling with their gas left on.
So my take is that the risk is small.

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