Where can I find a solenoid shut off for my propane stove aboard my boat.the one it has is obsolete and nobody I've found knows anything or anywhere I can find it
gas shut off regulator solenoid
- Thread starter steve shugart
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Try the Beneteau spare parts site. They seem to have the one for our model.
http://spareparts.beneteauusa.com
http://spareparts.beneteauusa.com
When I changed mine on the Bavaria a few years ago I chased one down through either ASCO valve or Grainger [a Red Hat solenoid; normally closed] using specs. Not that easy, but I think I can dig out the PN if you want to go that route. Bavaria Yachtbau is absolutely no help re: parts here in the US; I don't know about Beneteau. Also, if we're talking the one between the propane tank and the stove, WM has a version of it as well. About $100 either way.
Yeah, there a lot of valves; but you need one that is normally closed, 12 VDC @ low amps, low pressure, made of brass, with the correct NPT fittings. At low pressure an internal orifice has to be the right diameter to allow the correct flow rate of the propane to the stove. Like I said, not that easy to find. Not a high volume of sales on such a specialty item; thus, not typically carried in stock or is a discontinued item [due to low volume of sales] but still listed in catalogues. Very frustrating. Easiest thing is to get the WM version and save yourself a couple of days on the phone. I did not do that b/c NATURALLY my WM store in Long Beach DID NOT HAVE THE ITEM IN STOCK when I needed it. No two-day delivery either, as I remember it. Also, the packaging forced purchase of the regulator as well. I thought I could do better on my own. In the end, the cost of the Red Hat alone was about the same as the WM package.
Can you tell us where you found this rule?
The reason I ask is that there are orifice size rules for the low pressure side of the system - at the appliance burners. However, I have not heard of any rule applying to a shut off valve.
Charles
Just repeating [from memory] what the value parts guy told me when I was trying to line one up. If the internal orifice is not large enough, not enough gas will flow [i.e., the correct flow rate] to the stove under the low pressure released as from the regulator. I'm in no way a expert on this subject save what one can obtain from actually finding a valve the hard way! I don't know if this constitutes a "rule."