no gauge and our 3rd short trip away as newbies, bottle it came with felt/sounded fairly low nad running a fridge and bit of b/fast fry up! now 6 days worth all ok, but with a carver water heater on aswell and the odd evening mash and sossies and the fridge how long from, you guys an girls big experience will a bottle last. a weeks use a fortnight more. please help. many thanks
4.5kg gas lasts how long?
- Thread starter warbulator
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At an estimate,with the fridge running all the time,cooking two meals per day and putting the heater on for half hour every day,A week to ten days thats why i carry two bottles that way you never run out,Better still a weeks electric on the site is just a bit more than the gas bottle,so i tend to go for electric where possilbe,then you can use a radio, tv, heater,electric kettle, or even your pc, the list is endless,but be very careful you dont overload the system,
Hello Richard
Eddie is probably about right, but obviously it all depends on how long you have each of the gas appliances turned on.
You can be a little more scientific if you wish:
Each gas burning appliance should have a data plate which will tell you how much gas the appliance uses. This is usually quoted in grams per hour g/H.
For each appliance work out for how many hours it will be used each day, then multiply that time by the gas rate, you will calculate the total gas consumption each appliance will use each day.
Do bear in mind that the water heater is thermostatically controlled, so it only uses gas when the water has cooled down. Allowing for normal usage, the water heater will only be using gas for about 10 min. every hour on average.
Similarly most space heaters are now thermostatically controlled so you have to take an educated guess as to proportion of time the burner is on full power and pilot. This is more variable than the water heater and highly dependant on your personal comfort setting and the outside temperature. But a duty cycle of about 50% would not be unreasonable.
Add the totals for all the appliance together, then divide it into the gas weight of the bottle, and you will have a good estimate of how long the bottle will last.
Eddie is probably about right, but obviously it all depends on how long you have each of the gas appliances turned on.
You can be a little more scientific if you wish:
Each gas burning appliance should have a data plate which will tell you how much gas the appliance uses. This is usually quoted in grams per hour g/H.
For each appliance work out for how many hours it will be used each day, then multiply that time by the gas rate, you will calculate the total gas consumption each appliance will use each day.
Do bear in mind that the water heater is thermostatically controlled, so it only uses gas when the water has cooled down. Allowing for normal usage, the water heater will only be using gas for about 10 min. every hour on average.
Similarly most space heaters are now thermostatically controlled so you have to take an educated guess as to proportion of time the burner is on full power and pilot. This is more variable than the water heater and highly dependant on your personal comfort setting and the outside temperature. But a duty cycle of about 50% would not be unreasonable.
Add the totals for all the appliance together, then divide it into the gas weight of the bottle, and you will have a good estimate of how long the bottle will last.
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