paul wilderness

Thank you for all of your responses. This will be my last post on the matter At the time of the test I made no comment to the examiner. I accepted his decision and said I would sort it out. Days later I realised through prior knowledge and research that his procedure was not correct and potentially damaging. I called him and suggested that his method of checking for gas leaks was not correct. (It states all over the web that having an appliance lit is not the way) The examiners reply was 'I have been testing boats for x years blah blah etc etc. Obviously that attitude ends any possibility of reasonable discussion.

Yes, that was the end of the examination (fail)

Thanks for your reply. The examiner went to the gas locker and asked me to stand by the cooker . He called to me asking me to light the cooker. He pressed the button on the tester and (not surprisingly) the lit cooker was extinguished. We repeated that several times although I was sure that was not the correct procedure. Some sources say that having san appliance lit is likely to damage the tester

I am currently having a disagreement with a BSS examiner about the correct way to check gas system for leaks using a bubble tester. The set up on my boat is very simple .I have one gas bottle in a cabinet at the stern. I fitted the bubble tester a few inches away from the valve on the bottle. This was done more than 10 years ago and has proved to be satisfacory at previous BSS examinations. The gas is supplied to the original hob (as built) thus has no flame failure device. There is also a Propex heater. I use the bubble tester occasionally and have always believed that the test for leaks should be as folllows; Turn off all appliances. Turn the gas supply on at the bottle. Press down the red button on the tester and wait for at least ten seconds. If there are no bubbles in the glass, there are no leaks in the system. My examiner did not carry out that procedure and subsequently stated that he was unable to continue the testing of the gas system (fail) I am not saying on this post what the examiner actually did becaause I wish to find someone on this forum who is intrigued to know what happened. I look forward to responses Paul