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Subject Topic: how do u know u have enough gas left? Post Reply Post New Topic
Personlooby13
23/3/2012 at 6:23pm
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Hi everybody,

I know this question has been asked before but despite my trawling & searching can't seem to find the topic (I am blonde so quite possibly its right under my nose lol!)

We're planning a week away soon and need some idea of how much gas is left in our gas bottle. Thought about weighing the bottle but not sure if this would be reliable?

Any tips would be gladly received!

Jane


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Hi Jane

weighing is the only way I weighed mine when it was empty and then again when it was full, so I know full it weighs 6.50kg and empty 4.80kg worked out the differance and now know half full it wieghs 5.65kg.

I do keep 2 gas bottles one full and one in use just to be on the safe side



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Yes just weigh the bottle. Stamped on it somewhere will be tare weight which is weight of empty bottle, subtract that from actual weight gives you an idea of amount of gas.


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The best solution is to have two cylinders, that way you can never run out of gas, which is one of the reasons I have stuck with CampinGaz cylinders, as they are compact in size.

 


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double click, doh.

 


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PersonALI162
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Yes its all in the weight, I only know the Calor Propane. On the top of the gas bottle the tare weight is stamped for the empty bottle in Pounds. You need to convert to killograms. For a Calor Gas 6kg bottle the tare weight is approx, 9 kg. So a full bottle should weigh approx 15kg. So gas available down to 9kg.


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Many sites stock gas anyway, so if you run out you'll be able to exchange it - just check with the site you are going to.

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PersonTigermouse
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Pour some hot water over the sides of the cylinder then run your hands over it - the cooler part is where the gas is. That's what my ex used to do and it always gave him a good indication of how much gas was left.

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try one of these things
this


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Quote: Originally posted by mazza79 on 23/3/2012
try one of these things
this

I would save your money on one of those magnetic indicators. Not very accurate. Weighing the bottle is the best bet, although have heard of the hot water trick but never tried it myself.


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Personmorgz84
23/3/2012 at 9:25pm
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You cook dinner. Then if halfway through the flame goes out, you know you didn't have enough .   The bloody things always run out at dinner time (surprisingly enough).

On a serious note however, I'm going to go down the second cylinder route.   Usually I have a portable bistro stove as well as my big camping gas stove, so if I run out of Propane and the site doesn't do it then it's a spot of pan juggling on the single Bistro burner.

The thing is, if you know that there is only say, half a kilo left, are you actually going to throw away half kilo of gas for a fresh bottle?   I'd say either get a second bottle, or an emergency cartridge stove to avoid any spoilt dinners. No point in trying to plan for it running out, regardless of how you plan it will run out at an inconvenient moment!

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