red gas / blue gas

[HomerMarge]

Hi just read on another thread (the xmas one...blimey only 5 months to go....not looking forward to it myself, I am working my redundancy notice as the company is shutting down 23rd December) any way, I diverse...back to the subject, read that someone said use red gas bottle in winter. As you know we are still relatively new and this has thrown me, we use blue, presumably this is going to freeze...should we therfore be running one of each type? How long can you normally get away with using the blue gas for?

Thanks P&R (",)

 

[Wendy-Norfolk]

Hi Paul & Ruth,

We use red gas bottles all year round, simply because it's easier than keep swapping them over. You will definately need to use propane if you are going caravanning in the winter, as butane will freeze. Hope this helps!

 

[HomerMarge]

Thanks Wendy, looks like I need to swop a bottle then, I was hoping to use the caravan most of the year, certainly upto Nov and then again in Feb for the half term.

 

[jacky3]

In the case of cylinder gas, Butane has a freezing point of 0

 

[rob_jax]

Klarky,

Butane (blue gas) has a BOILING point of 0

 

[jacky3]

same info someone wasnted in an easier way i think????

 

[jacky3]

i was trying not to be over technical,below .o5 deg c butane will not workefficiently if at all,therefore in sub zero temps propane is best and is an all season gas,wheras butane is a summer season gas-well almost????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butane
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane

 

[rob_jax]

In any discussion on the relative merits of Propane vs. Butane, people always seem to concentrate on the fact that Butane has a boiling point of 0

 

[Lutz]

Perhaps you can enlighten me, rob_jax, but isn't the gas that you buy here on the Continent a mix of Propane and Butane?

 

[jacky3]

if thats the case lutz well never know when it will boil or when it will freeze????? so it should be called butpropane--or probutane?????

 

[rob_jax]

Hi Lutz,

In the UK, we have the choice of pure Propane (about 90% pure) or Butane (similar purity).

Commonly the gas used in Holland is LPG, the natural mixture of Propane and Butane, plus other similar gases like iso-Butane.

The critical temperature for pure Propane is around 90