Where do I get a connector for this?

[CamperVanBeethoven]

The fridge is an XC-43G. It says Cordoba on the front, but it's really some Chinese company that makes them.

I have no idea what the gas connector is on the back, nor where I'd get the bits to connect it to my supply. The supply is 8mm pipe. This thing is 5mm inner diameter, about 11.5 mm OD (not including height of threads) and is left hand thread:

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A friend who works with gas stuff, but who refused to touch my LPG setup with a bargepole citing something about not having the 'right ticket' (bah) reckons 8mm thread won't go on to it so I'd need the appropriate female coupling and a reducer.

Does anyone know what I need and where I can get it? Preferrably within the next week.

[ake]

The fitting should have come with it.

No British standard plumbing fittings have a left hand thread

[CamperVanBeethoven]

The fitting should have come with it.

No British standard plumbing fittings have a left hand thread

So basically ... I'm screwed (or not).



No fridge for me!

[Punto443]

Just stick a rubber hose over it and jubilee clip

[ned]

Go back to the place you got it from and ask them for the connector. N

[CamperVanBeethoven]

Go back to the place you got it from and ask them for the connector. N

It came with the van!! Gah!!!

[CamperVanBeethoven]

Just stick a rubber hose over it and jubilee clip

Eh, no. Not after the quality work I did with the rest of the gas

[ned]

Ah I see, can you not see if a fabricator's can knock something up for you, just a thought. N

[CamperVanBeethoven]

Ah I see, can you not see if a fabricator's can knock something up for you, just a thought. N

I may have to give up on the idea. Having found the manual, they say it is not for use in vehicles or boats.
Some more research reveals that left hand threads are a universal convention for flexible hoses carrying flammable gases. Non-flammable ones use a right hand thread. So not only is that designed for a flexible hose only (which is a no-no), you can't get a flue kit (and now I know why) and there would be the possibility of a dangerous buildup of carbon monoxide inside the vehicle because they may not have adequately designed it for indoor operation, even if I do build my own flue (which I was planning) and seal off the area behind the fridge and vent it (it would have to be sealed pretty damn well).

I'd be better off doing two things:
1. Getting shot of the crappy fridge for one that was better suited.
2. Fitting solar panels so it can run most of the time on 12v.

Bummer!

[CamperVanBeethoven]

Ah I see, can you not see if a fabricator's can knock something up for you, just a thought. N

I may have to give up on the idea. Having found the manual, they say it is not for use in vehicles or boats.
Some more research reveals that left hand threads are a universal convention for flexible hoses carrying flammable gases. Non-flammable ones use a right hand thread. So not only is that designed for a flexible hose only (which is a no-no), you can't get a flue kit (and now I know why) and there would be the possibility of a dangerous buildup of carbon monoxide inside the vehicle because they may not have adequately designed it for indoor operation, even if I do build my own flue (which I was planning) and seal off the area behind the fridge and vent it (it would have to be sealed pretty damn well).

I'd be better off doing two things:
1. Getting shot of the crappy fridge for one that was better suited.
2. Fitting solar panels so it can run most of the time on 12v.

Bummer!

I have no idea how it posted that twice...

[bigjohnthomas]

A 12v absorption fridge? 10amps or somink ?
Your going to need a sunny day

[CamperVanBeethoven]

A 12v absorption fridge? 10amps or somink ?
Your going to need a sunny day

Yeah. That's why I wanted to get the gas working

[bigjohnthomas]

Take that fitting off and get a new one from the gas shop with both ends on ?

[CamperVanBeethoven]

Take that fitting off and get a new one from the gas shop with both ends on ?

Ach nah. I've just given up trying to get THAT fridge ready. I DO however, now have my name on a fridge down in deepest England, which I'll collect on the way back from Glasto. And I'm borrowing a BIG cooler. AND I was thinking of using some of my excess Xtratherm to build a box to put the cooler in, thus keeping it cool even longer