Gas regulator on new Swift Challenger

SimonG9900
SimonG9900 Forum Participant Posts: 6
edited March 25 in Caravans #1

Hi everybody,

Our 2019 Swift had a gas regulator with two inlets with an automatic changeover but our new Swift, which we collected last week, has a regulator with just one inlet which is annoying as the front box has the necessary fittings to hold 2 gas bottles. When the gas runs out, sod's law says it will be on a dark and stormy night and I'll get soaked dicking about in the front box swapping the pigtail to the second bottle having no doubt forgotten that it's a reverse thread...

Presumably it's possible to get a suitably qualified engineer to replace the existing regulator with a better version but I'm not sure what impact that would have on the warranty...

I'd be interested to hear how others have dealt with this.

Thanks!

 

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  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,828 ✭✭✭
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    edited March 25 #2

    No need to change the existing regulator - a two way changeover valve will simply screw to it, so it’s easy enough to have two cylinders connected.  I prefer a manual changeover rather than an automatic one. With a manual changeover I know exactly when the first cylinder is empty and needs replacing but with automatic changeover it can run both cylinders empty before I remember to check. 

  • SimonG9900
    SimonG9900 Forum Participant Posts: 6
    edited March 26 #3

    Thanks for your reply - much easier than I had expected!

  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,828 ✭✭✭
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    edited March 26 #4

    If you Google Hamilton Gas, then on their website look at Gaslow500 which  they sell, there is a description plus how to do it questions with answers on that website.page.

  • SimonG9900
    SimonG9900 Forum Participant Posts: 6
    edited March 26 #5

    Excellent - thanks for the useful information!

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