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I want to remove the 8mm copper gas pipe that runs my fridge and hob as its not in great condition,what I,d like to know is can I replace the copper pipe with orange rubber gas pipe.

You can use the orange pipe.But it needs replacing every 5 years.

According to the research I did about gas installations in a camper or caravan, appliances must use copper pipe to supply them. Sorry I can't quote/remember the source but I'm sure if you use google you will find a definitive answer.

Only meant to be the orange pipe between the bottle and copper pipe, so just a connecting piece as such. Main carcass should be copper With compression joints. That's the legal standpoint anyway....

It does have the orange pipe from gas bottle and copper pipe for the rest.thanks for help will stick with copper pipe.

I have used some Orange pipe on the connection from the "3 way adapter" to the Fridge. Reason = Before, if I needed to remove the fridge, it was a right faff getting a spanner on the copper pipe's union. Plus it was a worry trying to tighten it up, plus a worry that movement / vibration on the solid connector might not be good. Three foot (max) of orange pipe now fitted with proper "push ons". I am happier with this and feel it is safer, will check pipe at MOT times (like I do with oil change etc). Hope it's not actually "illegal"

It's not correct, what makes you think the orange pipe is safer?

ghost123uk wrote:Plus it was a worry trying to tighten it up, plus a worry that movement / vibration on the solid connector might not be good.

Very restricted space under the fridge to get a spanner in to "do up" the pipe nut satisfactorily tight, as in difficult to "gauge" how tight I was getting it.

Mind you, as much for convenience as mentioned

I've been thinking of doing something similar - I have copper pipes ATM but routing them round the van means several (compression) joints - each joint could be a point of failure? Surely one length of orange pipe from bottle to appliance, with an appropriate connector at each end, is less likely to fail (even if it does need replacing every 5 years)?