"Alang" wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:57:56 +0000, John Rumm
wrote:

Bald eagle wrote:
I'm replacing an old gas cooker with a new built in double electric
oven.
The gas supply pipe is a bayonet fitting and I've been told that I can
simply disconnect this and the supply automatically seals. It won't be
used
or accessible in future so I need to know that it is safe and secure.

Guess I'm looking for reassurance really

My understanding is they are designed for short term disconnection only,
and hence you should not rely on them for a long term or permanent
disconnection.

It would certainly not be a good idea to box in or make inaccessible.

If they were designed for short term disconnection they would have
isolation valves behind them. I recall the old gas taps in my parent's
house being replaced by these in the 60s. Most of the gas points in
the house were never used and were still there in 1994 when my mother
died and the house was sold. Hardly good practise to replace something
known as safe to leave disconnected with something that was 'known' to
be unsafe.

Standards and regulations do change.

I would assume it to be at least good practice to not rely on a bayonet for
an indefinite period (knowing what we do now about safety)