Gas bottle - hand tight or spanner?

[elTorerro]

Hi all, quick question. I recently went for my first trip out in the van and didn't have a spanner to tighten the gas bottle on. I was going to a campsite for the first trip so just asked the next-door neighbour when we arrived if they had one, and they said they just hand tighten theirs on their van.

Thought I'd ask the question to the forum...whats the general consensus?

 

[JOG]

Got a pic of the bottle?

 

[elTorerro]

Yes, here you go...

 

[DXX]

I would work on the basis that if it has a hexagonal coupling like yours it fits a spanner.
If it has a round knurled knob it fits the palm of the hand.
Don’t over-tighten, most importantly as with any seal make sure it is clean before coupling.

 

[Bargy62]

I would do into the gas bottle nipped up hand tight
The nut that connects the hose to the valve nipped up spanner tight

 

[DXX]

A splash of soapy water after making the coupling provides a simply check for leaks.

 

[MikeWillmott]

You do have to consider who is operating the hand!

 

[Bargy62]

You do have to consider who is operating the hand!

True
Or the term just nipped up
My son nipped up some nuts and managed to round one off

 

[DXX]

You do have to consider who is operating the hand!

I remember a few years ago hearing hammering from outside a neighbouring pub.
I found the landlord (pissed as a fart) with a pipe wrench and a hammer trying to remove the regulator from a bank of cylinders.....smashing the crap out of it the wrong way.
Scary stuff.

 

[JOG]

True
Or the term just nipped up
My son nipped up some nuts and managed to round one off

*Chewing the inside of my cheek to resist commenting…!!!