removing gas bbq thread

thelawnet

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My BBQ is designed to take gas canisters. I want to switch to Calor Gas bottles.

The lower item in the picture is the gas valve from the BBQ attached to a short hose to the gas canister, the upper item is a Calor regulator & hose.

I have tried unscrewing the hose from the lower item but it seems locked tight. Any ideas what I should do?

Hasbeen

Can you not just unscrew from other side not marked?

spadoosh

Id cut the hose and use a straight hose connector fastened with a couple of jubilee clips.

Hermione_Granger

spadoosh wrote: »

Id cut the hose and use a straight hose connector fastened with a couple of jubilee clips.

Could you guarantee that would provide a totally gas tight fit?
If not, having a joint that could possibly leak gas very close to a BBQ isn't really a good suggestion.

-taff

warm the hose end first to expand it, force the connector in and let cool, should be a good fit after that.
Or take it to an engineering firm and ask them to fit a new end.

LandyAndy

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

Could you guarantee that would provide a totally gas tight fit?
If not, having a joint that could possibly leak gas very close to a BBQ isn't really a good suggestion.

The connection of the hose from my gas BBQ to the gas bottle is a push fit secured by a jubilee clip. Never given the slightest problem.

spadoosh

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

Could you guarantee that would provide a totally gas tight fit?
If not, having a joint that could possibly leak gas very close to a BBQ isn't really a good suggestion.

Ermhhh considering thousands upiong thousands of regulators are sold every year with the intention of them being sealed using the exact same method i would say it was a good suggestion. Its certainly better than yours anyway, isnt it? Unless of course you have information suggesting the tried and tested way of attaching a hose to a gas regulator doesnt work?

spadoosh

You really never seen a gas hose like that?

keith969

Looks like a standard pressure hose to me. The nut on it (that screws into the BBQ end) should come undone with an adjustable spanner. Might need to grip the valve with a vice or another adjustable spanner if it's tight.

EachPenny

thelawnet wrote: »

My BBQ is designed to take gas canisters. I want to switch to Calor Gas bottles.

I have to say that the best thing to do then is to buy a BBQ designed to use Calor Gas bottles. Attempting to modify gas-fuelled equipment is highly dangerous (and possibly illegal) unless you know exactly what you are doing.

Have you checked that the mix of gases in the canisters match that of the bottles supplied by Calor you want to use?

thelawnet wrote: »

I have tried unscrewing the hose from the lower item but it seems locked tight. Any ideas what I should do?

There is possibly a very simple and obvious reason... it relates to a design feature which makes it harder for people who don't know what they are doing to make mistakes which could kill them.

But for safety reasons all I can do is to repeat the advice that buying a BBQ designed for the type of bottles you want to use is the correct and safest thing to do.

molerat

Considering the new top item is secured in a method similar to the way suggested it seems a reasonable idea. Remove the metal crimp behind the nut and the hose will pull off the stub allowing the new hose to be pushed on and a jubilee fitted.