Gas bottles in France

[Grahamh]

Hoping to go to France for a few weeks in June. At the mo I have just one light weight gas bottle( room for two)

Should I buy a bottle when I get to France? Should I get a refillable second bottle? Would a standard regulator fit a french bottle? Also how can I tell how much there is left in my lightweight bottle?

Thanks

 

[ChristineandAlan]

HI GRAHAM,i would get a second lightweight bottle before you go i have 2 l/weight bottles,you dont want to run out in france.my propane lightweight bottles have a gage to show how much gas is left.by the way we have booked to go to france in june for a month.may bump into you ha ha all the best ALAN P/T

 

[Grahamh]

I thought of getting another light weight bottle but what happens if you run out whilst away?

We have yet to book but are thinking of sailing down to Santander and driving back up the west coast. This is the first year of freedom after the children fled the nest! Last year we stuck to the uk but thought we,d be a bit more adventurous this time. We are trying to work out where to live when we down size; I retired last year. Plan on leaving the beginning of June and see how we go- maybe stay away till some time in July. All sounds a bit tentative I know but then....

Where are you going from-to?

 

[carper2]

we found that if you have EHU the amount of gas we use very little. We used less than a 6kg propane bottle in 5 weeks. this year we will carry on using the same bottle from last year and this time we are away for 6 weeks.

Les

 

[Grahamh]

Thank you for that. Perhaps I shall just take two lightweight bottles.

 

[ProfJohnL]

Hello Graham,

From your posting I assume that you have the older gas system, where the regulators attach to neck of the bottle. A UK Calor type regulator will not fit French bottles. So if you are still concerend about running out of gas whilst away, consider getting a 28mBar regulator for the larger Camping Gaz bottles, and take it with you, then if you do run out of UK gas you can at least get Camping Gaz which is widely available across the EU, and in the UK.

 

[MagsAlan]

We were in france for 3 weeks last year, we barely used any gas at all, despite running the fridge on gas in attempt to make it cooler ( not very successful ) I would think you will be fine with 2 lightweight bottles assuming you have electric, Take an electric kettle, use a Forman grill, Rather than the oven grill. You wont need heating. Also, heat the water up in the morning, then turn that off for the rest of the day. It will stay warm enough for a bit of light washing up. The mucky stuff, take to the potwash.

 

[jaffasdad]

An additional piece of useful kit is a Remoska cooker, available from Lakeland Plastics. Sadly, due to the weak pound, these are now about

 

[Grahamh]

Thanks for all your advice. Will get a second lightweight bottle. We have electric kettle and use electric water heater. Mostly cook outside with portable grill(electric) for the odd breakfast but mainly BBQ outside(charcoal). Have not yet used the cooker inside apart from boiling kettle en-route for a brew.

Thanks again

 

[giant]

Hi Graham , a tip i was given to tell how much gas is left in your standard bottle that hasnt got a gauge is take bottle out of the van and pour boiling water over the casing, youll get a dividing line ,cold where the gas is and warm at the top where the air is., brian

 

[ProfJohnL]

Hello Brian,

Just a technicality, LPG stands for liquefied Petroleum Gas. Basically both Propane and Butane gas can be turned into a liquid either by pressurising the cooling the gas.

What is in the bottle is liquefied gas, and gas vapour. No air.