Westfalia Cooker

[JW1]

I have just tested the cooker and i cannot get it to light.

Full 907 gas bottle connected to the regulator inside the van as the LPG tank has been removed. I have 3 stop valves inside. Can you tell me in which position each of these valves need to be to allow gas to pass through and be regulated from the main cooker switches? If I then test in the correct positions and it fails to light what should me next step be? Replace the regulator that connects to the bottle?

[1664]

I'm not familiar wth westies but can't you just experiment with the valves until you can hear the gas coming out of the hob and once that's established, try lighting it? I presume the valve on the regulator is open?

[andisnewsyncro]

With 3 stop taps, one will be to the cooker, one to the fridge and the third will, I assume be a master tap.

With the Westy taps you need to have them in waht looks like the "wrong" position.. turned so the red tap bit is at right angles to the gas line for them to be open. Of the 2 inside the cupboard on the side of the cooker block, for want of a better way of explaining where they are, the lower one should be the fridge and the top one the cooker. With CG you (probably) have the tap on the reg too, or is that the third on you mentioned.

If everything is switched on you shoud hear the gas coming to the hob very soon after turning and pressing the control, but if in any doubt, drop it to a caravan/motorhome place and have all the lines checked and serviced. At the very least it's probably worth changing the flexi hose as it has a very limited life span. Your insurance company will appreciate the certificate too

Good luck

[T'Onion]

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[1664]

With the Westy taps you need to have them in waht looks like the "wrong" position..

Now why does that not surprise me

Dunno what people see in 'em

[andisnewsyncro]

With the Westy taps you need to have them in waht looks like the "wrong" position..

Now why does that not surprise me

Dunno what people see in 'em

Took me a while to figure it out, unless it's just mine.....

[1664]

Oh it's not just this........everything on a westie seems to be designed in an overcomplicated @rse-about-face way..

Might just as well buy an overpriced left hand Rubic's cube as a Westfalia..............

[kevtherev]

ooooo OOOoooo
you tell 'em Bren

[JW1]

Well, back to the question. The original regulator which was on the van details its PA as 50mbar however the one i swapped it for reads 28mbar could this be the problem and i need to stick the 50mbar regulator back on. I took it off as it had a diff connector to the gas bottle?

[kevtherev]

Well, back to the question. The original regulator which was on the van details its PA as 50mbar however the oner i swapped it for reads 28mbar could this be the problem and i need to stick the 50mbar regulator back on. I took it off as it had a diff connector to the gas bottle?

your german cooker needs 50mb to work.
English conversions used lower pressures.

[JW1]

Ok I will change back once I can find the correct adaptor to fit the bottle. Cheers.

[1664]

I think appliances have a plate on them somewhere that states the pressure range they'll work under. Have you tried the fridge on gas? Have you got a manual 'cos I think there maybe some in the downloads section.

Incidentally, it might help you if you E D I T the title of this thread to 'Westie Cooker' as opposed to just cooker to help get other westie owners to help, they might have experienced this. As Kev said, british conversions tend to work different to westies.

[JW1]

Not tried the fridge on gas yet. One step at a time for me lol. Once I can get cooking on gas then the fridge comes next as I have external power which will cover me for time being.

[andisnewsyncro]

You can get an adapter to fit the old German reg onto a UK Calor Propane bottle. I think Gaslow do them.
Or just get a new Calor reg and bottle

[JW1]

Does anyone know if I can safely fit a 50Mbar regulator onto a Camping Gas 907 bottle. Camping gas recommend the 28 Mbar? nI am trying to hook up gas into the T25 and am also either going to re-install LPG (someone else will do it for me lol) or which bottles etc to use?