GAS PROCEDURES
PREVENTION:
We can help prevent gas leakages onboard by following a few simple daily routines:
- Make sure the gas isolator switch is in the OFF position after the stove has been used.
- Turn OFF the main isolator on the bottle at night or whenever the leaving yacht to go ashore.
- Make sure the gas bottle is connected securely to the regulator and that the bottle is secure.
- Keep the spare bottle in the correct stowage point, this will have a drainage point. In the event of a gas leakage. Periodically check the drainage pipe is not blocked by pouring some water down it.
SHOULD YOUR GAS ALARM ‘SOUND OFF’ ON YOUR BOAT…
- DO NOT PANIC!Gas Alarms are designed to operate well below the gas lower limit of flammability.
HOWEVER
- DO NOT SMOKE
- NAKED LIGHTS SHOULD NEVER BE USED AS A MEANS OF LOCATING GAS LEAKS
- DO NOT OPERATE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
- SWITCH OFF ALL ENGINES
- TURN OFF ALL GAS APPLIANCES
- TURN OFF ALL GAS CYLINDERS
- If it is safe to do so OPEN ALL HATCHES, DOORS, WINDOWS, to allow the air to disperse the gas. Consider turning the yacht downwind
- PUMP OUT THE BILGE with a manual bilge pump (non-electrical) and continue to pump when the bilge is dry . Any accumulated gas will then be pumped overboard.
REMEMBER
The gas you are using is heavier than air so this could take some time.
- Re-try the gas alarm from time to time until it ceases to ‘Sound OFF’
ONCE THIS HAPPENS
- DO NOT reuse your gas system until it has been inspected and tested for gas escapes by a competent gas engineer.