hi all, well my audit went well, the guy was very informative and explained why i was the case of a random audit. we discussed a number of issues and i said to him why the hell isn't the board communicating with EVERYONE about these issues!!
in all i was pleased with the format of the aduit.
ps. the board reads this forum

Can someone confirm my take on it. There is a small clause in there under the diagram in 2.4.5.9
"does not apply to a breather vent" or similar wording....
Which rules out all of the domestic lpg changeover systems that I come into contact with.

Thoughts anyone?

Does any one know of a non venting lpg change over regulator set ? ie, opso??
regards

Yes. My mistake. Transposed the numbers , the clause is there - breather reglators are excluded, only applies to a venting regulator.

This is purely my opinion on my interpretation of the code. The PGDB probably have some sick twisted interpretation of the same thing, so they can persecute me into bankruptcy.

this is my ten cents, isn't it about time that venting regulators where band ? they are dangerous! make all regulators non venting fail safe. end of story? like tempering valves!!! its not rocket science !
designed to lock out when the out let pressure exceed 7 kpa....what do you think?
realistly, when a regulator vents the gas disperses and the further away form the vent the lower the fuel to air ratio is....
which equates to less chance of ignition....
Then we have 5261. and the boards interpretion of it! !  !  a air intake has been taken way beyond what the team of people that wrote nzs5361 believed it would.  and then there is clearance from a opening into a building that they have interpreted too !!!
i power flued water heater can be mounted 300 mm to the side of a window......so why not under it????or above it ?? what is the difference? ....answer... there is NO difference, full stop. and all of you practicing gas fitters know it.
fact!
1 the unit mounts on the wall out from the window/ door.
2 power flue expels the products of combustion away from the building and the opening too that building.
3 the products are then diluted by mixing with air by means of the fan force and with heat of the products including water vapour .
4 why doesnt the pgdb listen to the ones who know what they are doing?
..... 8)my ten cents....again.
AND what can be done about this???

hi guys, this is a copy of `Contacts`acceptable solutions to venting/non-venting regulators,cheers

yes great stuff Robbo,
 but according to pgdb, meter clearances are NOT gas fitting in the context of nzs5261, and the same goes for lpg bottle location, check nzs5261, the info on bottle location is informative only!!.
that's where i had come unstuck. you would think if a vent on a meter regulator is ok to be that close to an ignition source, that it would INCLUDE a gas appliance, the board think otherwise!
very miss leading and i believe its wrong. if a regulator vents, there must be a determind safe zone that works across the board. and why the hell didn't the people that wrote the standard get it right and consistant.instead they just copied another standard nearly word for word...very disappointing.