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[SteveD]

Has anyone had their DIY LPG install certified yet?

It's just some of the things I've seen mentioned on here can't comply with the code of practice.

e.g. Mounting vapouriser behind the front bumper/headlight
COP states "installed in positions that are easily accessible for routine inspection, maintenance and adjustment
"located in a position where it is not vulnerable to accident damage"

"Pipelines should not be installed where any part is permanently hidden from view and cannot be inspected regularly" - suppose the argument here is "permanently"!

This bit answers a post I remember seeing about using cable ties - Pipe under the car must be secured to chassis or shell using P clips at intervals not exceeding 600mm.

 

[Kevin Wood]

Not sure if we have a certified DIY install yet. However, I have seen LPGA certified professional installs with the vapouriser mounted well forward in the vehicle (and the area under the airbox has a fair bit of structure in front of it).

The kits we use come with "P" clips and in practice none of the pipework will be hidden from view since the only sensible route for it is along the floor of the car following the route used for the petrol lines.

Kevin

[SteveD]

The COP seems open to interpretation as you(installer/certifier) see fit. Typical wishy washy Health & Safety stuff I supose - people just covering each others arses!

[Entwood]

I have a profesionally fitted BRC system, with full LPGA certification, the vapourisor is fitted to the top of the bracket that the horns are attached to, behind the nearside headlight.

It is pretty easy to inspect, from underneath admittedly, and IMHO would need a pretty serious accident to get that far back... and anyway .. what is "accident damage" .. its a very loose phrase that covers a 120mph head-on all the way to a 2 mph side swipe ...  I don't really think any system would be safe in the first case !!

[Kevin Wood]

As said, it's open to interpretation and therefore barely worth the paper it's written on IMHO. Everything on or in a car is susceptible to accident damage, occupants included.

If every parking shunt caused an expensive component to fail or a tank of gas to get dumped out, that would clearly be best avoided, but an accident that's, say, severe enough to rupture the radiator is going to immobilise the vehicle and cost a few grand anyway, so a crushed vapouriser would be neither here nor there, IMHO.

Kevin

[Martin_1962]

My check took about 10 minutes!!!!