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| Thread ID: 142875 | 2016-09-29 23:59:00 | LPG Gas Bottle Calculations | Roscoe (6288) | PC World Chat |
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| 1426639 | 2016-09-30 03:54:00 | You could transfer the gas too. I saw a transfer hose for gas bottles on eBay. Includes adapters. Image here (www.aussiebbq.info) from Aussie BBQ forum. I think you are jesting! I'm not sure where I would be transferring the gas from, kc? Slipping around a camping ground at night quietly decanting from other people's cylinders maybe ;-) And given that the gear involved in doing that looks like costing $137, plus the cost of an additional bottle, (and nowhere to store all of this stuff safely in our van) makes my $45 purchase for a piece of kit the size of a small tv remote look positively positive! |
John H (8) | ||
| 1426640 | 2016-09-30 03:57:00 | Ohhh, really clever; why didn't I think of that??? And where do you suggest I could have kept the extra bottle. For goodness sake... You do I what I do have 9kg one in camper and have a little 4kg one as a spare you cant tell me you can n t find a place for a little lpg bottle squire? If you cant find a place you shouldn't be driving at all. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1426641 | 2016-09-30 04:32:00 | I think you are jesting! I'm not sure where I would be transferring the gas from, kc? Slipping around a camping ground at night quietly decanting from other people's cylinders maybe ;-) And given that the gear involved in doing that looks like costing $137, plus the cost of an additional bottle, (and nowhere to store all of this stuff safely in our van) makes my $45 purchase for a piece of kit the size of a small tv remote look positively positive! Well...Don't camping grounds supply gas for use/purchase these days? I once borrowed a small BBQ and gas bottle from a camping ground in Taupo. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1426642 | 2016-09-30 07:24:00 | Good grief, all of you twonks offering your own "solutions" to a problem that I have solved quite happily in my own way. All based on your assumptions that I haven't thought through the alternatives and rejected them already in favour of a far more elegant solution "If you can't find a place you shouldn't be driving at all." Patronising prat! I don't need another bottle because I always know how much is in my bottle and I re-fill when necessary before going away. And I don't need smart arse advice from a self professed pisshead thanks. KC - OK if you stay in camping grounds but we prefer to stay off grid as much as possible for a range of reasons. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1426643 | 2016-09-30 08:32:00 | Ohhh, really clever; why didn't I think of that??? And where do you suggest I could have kept the extra bottle. For goodness sake... In the bottle store, obviously enough. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1426644 | 2016-09-30 20:25:00 | In the bottle store, obviously enough. ;) Obvious does not work with this man. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1426645 | 2016-10-02 20:57:00 | or you could invest in one of these www.stevens.co.nz I assume it works on the temperature of the liquid gas vs the gassy gas (very technical term that)That is how it works, but I've never found them to be very reliable. I used to use one on the gas bottles for my pottery kiln and the level indication was always extremely approximate. The technology may have improved since the late '90s though. I found a better indication was the point at which the ice started forming on the outside of the bottle when I was blasting away trying to get a 15 cu. ft. kiln to 1300°c. That was on a 45kg bottle - I suspect it would be even less effective on a bbq size one. |
Tony (4941) | ||
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