Transferring boat rego in Qld requires a gas certificate current within three months........my thoughts are that I will just tick gas not connected box and leave it to the new owner to connect and get the certificate? Is there a fine for using LPG gas and not having a certificate? I did get a certificate for Insurance reasons 2 years ago I don't understand why registration needs this info as well....!!
Is there any money involved in getting the certificate? ...... well, there's ya answer .......
Disconnect the bottles and tell the new owners to reconnect them when sold. You may have to remove them completely until its sold.
Don't ask why .......just comply. That's the motto.
I had to supply one when I exported a boat from Australia... Hours later I was not in Australian waters.... so the point was?
This current QLD rule is serious trouble, cost me nearly 10k. RWC and rego from Vic. on luxury caravan, try to re register in QLD.
4 months later was clear, none of the gas appliances are legal in QLD and must be re certified or scraped. / all 4 /.
Not a joke, don't take any chances.
I have a butane stove I do my cooking on in the cockpit! Don't use the oven or stove gas bottles are disconnected and empty! Sign the rego papers and goodbye!
Gas + boats = a bomb. A certificate is issued by an accredited gas fitter. There is a lot more to ' safe installation ', than the connections. Bottle location ,Galley / boat venting , overflow location, shut off valve , sensors--- immediately spring to mind . The exercise could be very worth while.
I have had the certificate done 2 years ago.......I have a gas sensor....etc.. Why should you have to have another one done for registration transfer to new owners....
as a gasfitter thats done a fair few tickets for boats and vans i can honestly say that anyone that doesn't get the gas service checked is an idiot.
ive seen many close calls, diy jobs and a few explosions in my time (well the results) and don't F@#+ around with the stuff. lpg is so heavy you can pour it from cup to cup in a calm room, it sits in the bilge and you would never even know it.
the reason for the checks is because any vessel on the water is in constant motion, which transfers to every part of something that floats. including fittings on a gas line. coupled with corrosive atmosphere, rubber hoses that flex (gimballed stove, bottles) and gas sensors which get ignored etc it really is the most dangerous part of any boat.
please take care of it before it takes care of you.
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as a gasfitter thats done a fair few tickets for boats and vans i can honestly say that anyone that doesn't get the gas service checked is an idiot.
ive seen many close calls, diy jobs and a few explosions in my time (well the results) and don't F@#+ around with the stuff. lpg is so heavy you can pour it from cup to cup in a calm room, it sits in the bilge and you would never even know it.
the reason for the checks is because any vessel on the water is in constant motion, which transfers to every part of something that floats. including fittings on a gas line. coupled with corrosive atmosphere, rubber hoses that flex (gimballed stove, bottles) and gas sensors which get ignored etc it really is the most dangerous part of any boat.
please take care of it before it takes care of you.
Ill never forget this I was once standing at a take away at the Melbourne Exhibition building when I was front row watching everyone cooking ect some one fired up another deep fry and didnt check to see it was lit while I'm there the gas just floated above the floor next thing it must of got a little close to a pilot lit and bingo the floor went up in flames about the first 250 cm or around a 1 foot just burst into flames an area of 30 feet by 20 feet for about 10 to 15 seconds and went out, scared the pants off the ladies behind the counter. Dont think any of them needed to shave there legs that week
thats nasty!
when i taught at tafe id do a similar demo on a much smaller scale. you could see the guys jaws drop when they saw you could pour it like water.
