Problem fitting range cooker with bayonet gas connection

[maars]

I've got a Smeg range cooker with a gas bayonet fitting on a length of black pipe. It has a brass end with a pin in the centre and four holes.

The plumber has fitted a gas socket on the wall and left me to connect the cooker up. But the cooker fitting doesn't want to go into the socket for some reason. It appears to have a disc in the middle which the pin on the cooker connection hits.

Forgive my ignorance but do I need to a certain technique to connect the thing up? Or is there some sort of safety plug/cap to remove first (the gas is live).

 

[Rob]

The idea is the pin hits the disc then the gas goes up them four holes!

They can be quite stiff and usually requires both hands. Once its pushed in far enough you can twist and lock it.

If you female then id go back and connect it for you, if your male then get down the gym!

 

[doitall]

Em; Has the range been commissioned.

 

[maars]

Well, I was trying to get the thing in at arms length over the cooker. I moved it out the way, gave the plug a firm push et voila - it connected and we're 'cooking on gas'

As for commissioning the range, it's been running before....anything I should check for?

 

[Agile]

All gas appliances when reconnected, and particularly after transportation, should be checked for gas leaks and safe operation.

I was going to say "its common sense" but then remembered that this is a DIY forum

Tony

 

[maars]

Ahh, OK. I've checked the connector with soapy water - no bubbles and after 8 hours on no smell of gas

Thanks for the help!

 

[Nixt]

Ahh, OK. I've checked the connector with soapy water - no bubbles and after 8 hours on no smell of gas

So I've been wasting my time with soundness checks, working pressure and safety controls tests all this time.

 

[maars]

Ahh, OK. I've checked the connector with soapy water - no bubbles and after 8 hours on no smell of gas

So I've been wasting my time with soundness checks, working pressure and safety controls tests all this time.

Like another poster said, this is a DIY forum
But of course, if there is a set of tests that must be performed I'll get the CORGI fitter back in...

 

[Nixt]

DIY or not it doesn't exempt anyone from the proper procedure.

 

[maars]

DIY or not it doesn't exempt anyone from the proper procedure.

But of course. Glad to have someone to ask via this forum

 

[Fleeting Glimpse]

Is there a proper procedure for wiping your arse?

 

[sooey]

Is there a proper procedure for wiping your a**e?

Yes, make sure to use toilet paper , not glasspaper!

 

[corgiman]

Is there a proper procedure for wiping your a**e?

Yes, make sure to use toilet paper , not glasspaper!

front to back as well

 

[chrishutt]

DIY or not it doesn't exempt anyone from the proper procedure.

Connecting and disconnecting a flexible cooker hose bayonet fitting is considered to be something that the householder can carry out for themselves. No tightness tests are required. Obviously if there is any suspicion of a gas leak (i.e. smell) then call in a Corgi, but otherwise don't worry, providing the bayonet fitting has engaged properly.

As for the gas range, if this is being installed in a new location (even if it's been in use elsewhere) it will need to be checked for appropriate clearances from combustible surfaces and adequate ventilation and gas pressure. I don't like the sound of the Corgi who just fitted the bayonet connector and left you to connect it up.

 

[kirkgas]

non-corgi peeps can "disconnect then reconnect" an "existing" appliance which is vastly different from connecting a new/second hand/relocated appliance as that is deemed necessary to have all checks carried out.