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Wonchumpu is quite this time of the year, except for the internet cafe, tak taks and motorbikes.

Ok I am giving my age away here, but "push-button" regulators weren't invented when I was working in the field. I can only assume that they are a bypass/ purge mechanism. It just looks like one more thing that can leak or go wrong. I will agree with Crossy that for a few hundred baht it might be worth changing.

If you have a blue flame and can't smell gas when the hob is running then you can safely assume that all is well without the hassle of attaching manometers or the like. It will take a while for a 3 mtr line to purge. That is about the length of a gas run on a large caravan and they take a while to expel the air.

It does seem a problem with air getting in when the tank is changed, but I could be wrong.

If the cylinder is disconnected and replaced with a new one, then air gets into the lines and basically there is nothing you can do about it other than purge it out through the hob which is what you are doing. 20 minutes to purge 2 mtrs of line does seem a little long though.

I was a gas-fitter years ago and this is all I can put it down to.

Low pressure gas appliances (your hob) run at 2.75kPa. Your existing regulator is a low pressure regulator.

The cast iron ring burner looks to be a high pressure appliance, as does the red regulator.

If you hook a high pressure regulator up to a low pressure appliance, yes it is dangerous (as explained by Lucky Flame).

It seems from your OP that after 20 minutes the hob burns correctly so the regulator and appliance seem to be correctly matched.

The problem is only after filling/ changing the bottle. Are you sure you are not just purging the air from the system before the gas arrives at the appliance?

How long is the run from bottle to hob? 2.75kPa is not a lot of pressure and takes a little while to get through the system.

The one and only thing that would stop me retiring full time in Thailand is the weather. Everything else I can either change or adapt to.

Really, the lovely weather here is the main thing that prompted me to retire to Thailand.

Yes I hear that often and understand but for me the heat is too much. 3 months a year is ok for me.

The one and only thing that would stop me retiring full time in Thailand is the weather. Everything else I can either change or adapt to.

It takes time. In a few years you can advance to multiple choice questions.

I am happy for my Mrs to boss me around. She does a far better job than me bossing myself around.

You got off light, this time.

I have seen farang get into an argument over a 50 baht tuk tuk ride.

But how can she trim your toenails?

Who could forget Toto?

Weren't The Buggles and Asia made from the same genre?

Who can remember the Deep Purple, Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, Black Sabbath mix?

Chris Slade.

Drummer for ACDC after Phil Rudd.

Another excellent musician. Originally from Uria Heep, Manfred Manns Earth Band, Asia, David Gilmour...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Slade

I dont know if this quite fits. I saw David Bowie once and Peter Framptom had joined his band...........

You are kidding me, Peter Frampton playing second fiddle to David Bowie. Brilliant.

We provided the pole and meter, and pay for power used. A few hundred baht for the pole from memory

I recall seeing Jethro Tull live in concert some years ago. When Ian Anderson introduced the drummer the crowd went crazy. And rightly so, he was brilliant.

There are some obvious second-fiddle band members who are well known. Slash from Guns and Roses, and many more.

I was watching this Tom Petty clip and the backing vocalist was someone I have never heard of, but what a musician. Keyboard, guitar, harmonica, and the best Roy Orbison voice imaginable.

Please introduce your favorite second fiddle musicians.

I have always assimilated Christmas with Saint Nicholas, who I understood to be a Russian Priest who gave gifts to children and the poor during the harsh Siberian Winter.

Now I have googled St Nic, who apparently is a disciple from Turkey.

Will this confusion ever end?

When my Mrs is away I hit youtube and wander down memory lane. Good for the soul.

Why do you need your wife to go away before you do that? I find I do it everyday with the wife around; I'm always checking out music of my youth. You were talking about musuic videos, or maybe Benny Hill chase scenes, right ;-)

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Black Adder and '70's James Bond movies. There are some things she doesn't need to know.

To clarify: I did not type it correctly, so it is my fault.

I was born during a year of the tiger. As a "tiger", moving forward to a year of the monkey, supposedly all sorts of things can go wrong. Wife panicked and to show her compassion, understanding and to stop driving me nuts, I relented.

To update: Bought two turtles, 9 fish and released them at a lake in a temple. It took forever because wife and the village wanted to buy flowers, food, etc., medical box for the monks. I was concerned about the two turtles and the fish looked quite weak.

Anyways, did the tamboon thing, walked to the lake. I put the fish in the lake and I let the turtles walk into the lake. They ran like they saw me naked!

Ok, finito. Phew. Next drama please!

Good job.

Some of us are actually farang, but just hopeless at expressing ourselves via the keyboard,

academically speaking.

You sound like a very happy man.

Why change anything ??

Exactly JOC. Thanks.

If it ain't broken, why fix it.

I am more than happy to lean a little to the East.

Frankly I really like Isaan music and Thai food.

There are, of course advantages.

I get two Fathers days a year, and two new years days, and two wedding anniversaries...

But, then again, so does the bride..

edit...(two Mothers days for the bride)

I am an Aussie, married to a Thai and living in Australia for most of the year.

Right now, I am at the computer obviously.

The wife has Isaan music on the wide screen surround sound whilst she is out tending to the naam-dok-mai and keow-savoy mango trees. We have the bahn-noi in the pergola. For tea we are having something Thai as usual (I don't know what, but it smells good). Our house could be picked up and dumped in Thailand and no-one would notice.

The fact is, I am not particularly patriotic towards Australia and enjoy my little piece of Thailand.

So, should I put another shrimp on the barbie? Should I turn her music off and put Jimmy Barnes on Instead? Maybe we have bangers and mash for dinner for a change?

When my Mrs is away I hit youtube and wander down memory lane. Good for the soul.