Hobby Van Exclusive, User Manual

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Gas 09-4
The following applies to the gas bottle cabinet:
• Always check the gas cylinder mountings before driving.
Stand the gas cylinders upright and close the valves (un -
less the heating is being used while driving).
• Pull any loose straps tight.
• The high-pressure hose to the cylinders must be checked
for leaks using the leak detector every time a cylinder is
changed.
• The gas bottle cabinet is not suitable for storing additional
items.
• The stop valves on the gas cylinders must always be
easily accessible.
• Do not close the gas bottle cabinet’s air vents.
• Ensure that third parties cannot gain access to the gas
bottle cabinet.
Changing gas cylinders
• Open the door of the gas bottle cabinet.
• Close the main stop valve on the gas cylinder. Pay attenti
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on to the direction of the arrow.
Do not smoke or ignite open flames while changing the gas
cylinders.
• Hold the hose breakage protector; unscrew the knurled nut
(left-handed thread) and remove the breakage protection
and the high-pressure hose from the gas cylinder.
• Loosen the fixing strap and remove the gas cylinder.
• Replace the full gas cylinder in the gas bottle cabinet and
carefully fasten it using the fixing straps.
• Put the hose breakage protector and the high-pressure
hose back on the cylinder and screw up the knurled nut
(left-handed thread) tightly by hand.
• Open the main stop valve; press the green button on
the hose breakage protector and the silver button on the
SecuMotion (gas governor).
• Check that gas is not escaping from the connection point
using leak detector spray.
• Close the gas bottle cabinet door.
Gas stop valves
Every gas device is fitted with a corresponding gas stop
valve. The gas stop valves are located in the kitchen drawer
above the cutlery tray and are labelled with the
corresponding symbols.