We are about to embark on a 3 month trip into France Spain. Our van an Autotrail Cheyenne 660 SE 2006 reg has two 6kgs Propane cylinders. The master plan is to leave one of the cylinders at home. Then buy a Camping-Gas cylinder with an adapter and hose to connect to our existing 30 mbr Truma regulator. When this cylinder is empty we then switch to the Uk Propane cylinder as a back up supply. We then of course purchas a further Camping-Gas cylinder. This seems the cheapest and most practical way round the problem. Does anyone have any ideas? I have been told one can buy an empty Camping-Gas cylinder at our local re cycling centre. This we can exchange for a new one when we are abroad. Many thanks in advance for any advice. Kind regards Mike S
Gas on the continent
- Thread starter Michael Stacey
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Hello Michael,
The basic plan sounds fine, but I do have one nagging concern.
Do you have a regulator with a single or twin high pressure input pipes?
If you have a single input regulator (which is the most common) then I have no concerns as there is no possibility the gas bottles will cross feed to each other. The down side is you will need to change the pigtails each time you swap between the bottle types
But there are some more complex systems which may have a regulator with two input pipes. Here I would be concerned as it is possible that the propane bottles, which will have a higher bottle pressure than butane at the same temperature will try to cross feed into the Camping Gaz which are basically Butane.
This is highly dangerous as the butane bottles are not designed to handle the higher pressures, and in the UK it is illegal to have different gas types mixing in an installation.
Alternatively why not take Two Camping Gaz cylinders from the outset and only change back to Propane when you return home?
The basic plan sounds fine, but I do have one nagging concern.
Do you have a regulator with a single or twin high pressure input pipes?
If you have a single input regulator (which is the most common) then I have no concerns as there is no possibility the gas bottles will cross feed to each other. The down side is you will need to change the pigtails each time you swap between the bottle types
But there are some more complex systems which may have a regulator with two input pipes. Here I would be concerned as it is possible that the propane bottles, which will have a higher bottle pressure than butane at the same temperature will try to cross feed into the Camping Gaz which are basically Butane.
This is highly dangerous as the butane bottles are not designed to handle the higher pressures, and in the UK it is illegal to have different gas types mixing in an installation.
Alternatively why not take Two Camping Gaz cylinders from the outset and only change back to Propane when you return home?
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