In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Set Square wrote:


What we still *can't* do is remove the regulator from the cylinder.
The instructions talk about pressing it down until it clicks (it
*doesn't* - it's solid!) and turning the lever to the disconnect
position. I can't for the life of me see either how it locks on, even
though it *does* - it doesn't seem to have enough moving parts - or
how to release it. Is there anyone out there who has fought with one
of these things, and won? [I can't help feeling that the instructions
describe a different regulator from the one they actually supplied.
For instance, it tells you to turn the gas on by pulling the tab
(*what* tab?) and turning the lever clockwise into the vertical
position. However, to be vertical, you have to turn it anti-clockwise
- and this isn't the ON position anyway!]

Well, I've finally sussed it. The instructions are totally wrong and must
surely apply to a different model of regulator. [My regulator says Enders
Type 1590 FWIW - but the instructions do not specify the model].

The illustrations in the instructions show the lever moving from horizontal
left to vertical - whereas it moves from horizontal right to vertical - and
no, it's not just a mirror image picture, 'cos the outlet pipe is in the
right place!

I've now discovered that with the lever in the horizontal right (off)
position, the travel limiting block under the lever can be pushed in - which
releases the whole thing and allows it to be lifted off.

So apart from the fact that the instructions are for the wrong regulator,
and tell you to turn the gas valve on the heater itself in the wrong
direction, they're pretty good! g

Bank Holiday today - but tomorrow I'm going to have a word with Trading
Standards because there are serious safety issues here. I'm not even going
to bother to complain to the branch - since there's no chance of any action
if I do.
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Cheers,
Set Square
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