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JoolzGee

02/11/2005 at 10:10pm
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We took what we thought was our empty bottle over to the nice people at Outdoor Experience in Ashburton. Young chappy swirled it around and said it was still around a third full.

Who needs guages when you know a man who can

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I have the instructions for this gadget but I am not at home at the moment.I will post tomorrow.From memory I remember that it should be placed half way down the bottle and is only effective when the bottle is approx half full? They are quite accurate tho'

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billyboy44

06/11/2005 at 1:12am
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what i do is carry a spare full bottle and when 1 runs out i replace it asap

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is it half empty or half full?

we used to carry two bottles,now we use only one because all the sites we use have gas for sale.

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michael

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see here,more on gas bottles.Gas bottle weights

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fruit_boy

08/11/2005 at 10:08am
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Quote: Originally posted by Nimrodphil on 02/11/2005

I always weigh my gas bottle after each holiday and see how much I've just used and if I'll have enough for the next European holiday or if I need to exchange it for a full one before I go. When I camp in UK I use it until it runs out and then exchange it on camp.

You mean you don't carry a spare???

johnandel

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been having problems with FTP.

http://johnandel.toucansurf.com

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Slimjm

12/11/2005 at 8:33am
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Our van has one of these fitted and works very well.

http://www.trumauk.com/truma_docs/sonatic.pdf

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Septic

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We don't carry a spare.

A 6kg bottle of Propane lasts us for a whole season- around 45 nights. We do all our cooling by gas, including our kettle and our oven. We use electric for heating, hot water and fridge though.

If we runout the worst that is going to happen is that we will have to wait until the shop opens to get our breakfast in the morning.

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Slimjm

12/11/2005 at 9:31am
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We have never carried a spare, I prefer to keep nose weight down and space in the locker. you can always tell a day or so before your gas runs out by the flame on your burner, it will take longer to boil a kettle.

George

Paul + Wendy

12/11/2005 at 11:39am
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Always wondered if one of those chrystal thermometers would work like the ones that you see on fish tanks and you can also use them on your childs forehead as they are heat sensitive

bules

12/11/2005 at 7:09pm
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col-den

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i'm no expert, but after a few summers of dealing with gas barbees, patio heaters, etc, i quickly got the feel of how much gas is in a cylinder by weight. a nearly empty one is easy to lift, but a full one is really heavy. Your local dealer will tell you to within the last five mins how much gas is inside! Failsafe tip - get a sparel

Paul + Wendy

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got to admit we always carry a spare anyhow but I do like to leave home with as much gas as poss

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