calor gas to Flo gas lite

[Newtonian]

Morning campers 😜

I'm having real problems with bose weight of my Van. (Adria Altea 542dk) Which I've read are nose heavy so I'm looking at changing to gaslite bottle.

I'm a little confused at what I need to change. I know it's the 27mm converter thing but every video I've watched seem to change pigtail as well.

Do I need to change both?

I've looked at the refillable gas bottles as well but they are too expensive for the amount of gas I use.

 

[AndrewAventura]

I've made this change and happy with how it's gone. Reduced my noseweight by about 5kg, and that meant that I could reduce the 'ballast' that I was having to carry in my rear locker, ie instead of putting heavy belongings in the rear locker I could shift them to my car instead, so improving the useful payload of bulkier stuff that I could carry in the caravan.

I was first told that I only needed the 27mm clip-on attachment to convert the pigtail, costing about £8. That seems incorrect, because those convertors incorporate a regulator and it's important to continue to use the caravan bulkhead mounted regulator. At service, the engineer told me that if I wanted to do the conversion I needed a clip-on pigtail instead, which he provided. So I'd say you do need to change the pigtail as well.

So I have now swapped over, and pleased with the result. A couple of things I found:
1. Although the Flogas bottle fitted on the Calor bottle support base and the retaining strap, I wasn't happy with the security of it. Or rather that it might shuffle about on the base a bit and wear/rub on the base. So I modified the caravan base to fix the flogas bottle better.
2. My new pigtail is long enough, but only to attach to the bottle when it's on the nearside base. The original Calor pigtail was long enough to carry the bottle on either side base.

 

[GUMPY]

No need to change the pigtail just use a POL to 27mm adapter

Amazon.co.uk

It also means it's a quick change if ever you need to revert to Calor.

Admittedly that one is out of stock but there are other suppliers

Conversion Adaptor Kit from standard propane Pol to 27mm Green Patio Cylinder | eBay

ð§ Compatible with standard propane POL screw-in regulators and 27mm patio cylinders. â POL Adaptor (for propane regulators). Transform your gas setup easily with ourConversion Adaptor Kit ! Perfect for using a27mm connection on a gas cylinder with a standardpropane POL screw-in regulator.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[ProfJohnL]

Just a word of warning concerning safety. Do not leave to chance the safety of cheap gas fittings. Use reputable suppliers, not mirriad of cheap imports flooding the auction sites or on line sales sites. Many are not manufactured to even basic safety standards, and may use inappropriate materials. LPG gasses need special compounds to resist the dissolving effects of the LPG.

Don't go cheap on gas safety.

 

[otherclive]

Just a word of warning concerning safety. Do not leave to chance the safety of cheap gas fittings. Use reputable suppliers, not mirriad of cheap imports flooding the auction sites or on line sales sites. Many are not manufactured to even basic safety standards, and may use inappropriate materials. LPG gasses need special compounds to resist the dissolving effects of the LPG.

Don't go cheap on gas safety.

Huddersfield are an established UK supplier, and Gas Products have them in stock, as do Hamilton, another well established company.

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