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16/5/2010 at 10:23am
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Hi
We previously had a motorhome into which I fitted a refilable gas bottle, its an 11kg bottle. We bought a Lunar Zenith 5 2004 yesterday and I'm a bit concerned the bottle will not fit in the locker, seems to me it might be taller that the locker, the bottle is 60cm tall, shorter than a normal 13.5 but still quite tall. We don't pick up the van till next weekend so I can't check.

Has anyone any experience of this?


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16/5/2010 at 3:03pm
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Sorry i cannot comment on the refilable ones, only to say we have a Zenith 4 2006, and manage with a Standard small calor bottle which lasts us a full year as we only use pitches with EHU for medical reasons,and this powers our fridge and heating, hot water ect, so the gas is only ever used for cooking purposes, although we do use the oven a fair amount as we like to do our own baking.

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16/5/2010 at 4:01pm
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Quote: Originally posted by romany girl on 16/5/2010

<!--bmi_SafeAddOnload(bmi_load,"bmi_orig_img",1);//-->Sorry i cannot comment on the refilable ones, only to say we have a Zenith 4 2006, and manage with a Standard small calor bottle which lasts us a full year as we only use pitches with EHU for medical reasons,and this powers our fridge and heating, hot water ect, so the gas is only ever used for cooking purposes, although we do use the oven a fair amount as we like to do our own baking.

Julia




Thanks for your reply Julia,
We camp all year and never use EHU if we can help it, I understand if you need to tho :D

I was really wondering if my 11kg bottle will fit in the locker, would you be able to measure what you think is the tallest bottle that would fit in the locker ?

Mark



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16/5/2010 at 4:01pm
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Quote: Originally posted by romany girl on 16/5/2010

<!--bmi_SafeAddOnload(bmi_load,"bmi_orig_img",1);//-->Sorry i cannot comment on the refilable ones, only to say we have a Zenith 4 2006, and manage with a Standard small calor bottle which lasts us a full year as we only use pitches with EHU for medical reasons,and this powers our fridge and heating, hot water ect, so the gas is only ever used for cooking purposes, although we do use the oven a fair amount as we like to do our own baking.

Julia




Thanks for your reply Julia,
We camp all year and never use EHU if we can help it, I understand if you need to tho :D

I was really wondering if my 11kg bottle will fit in the locker, would you be able to measure what you think is the tallest bottle that would fit in the locker ?

Mark



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16/5/2010 at 6:14pm
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hi, biggirrafe .bet you wished you had bought a 30 quid adaptor from ebay .fits all bottles. well propane ,

i know you dont want to go there.hee. heee cheers alan.



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16/5/2010 at 6:59pm
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Quote: Originally posted by vwalan on 16/5/2010

hi, biggirrafe .bet you wished you had bought a 30 quid adaptor from ebay .fits all bottles. well propane ,

i know you dont want to go there.hee. heee cheers alan.




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16/5/2010 at 8:09pm
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you never know where i turn up next.

hope its somewhere else if this weather keeps being so cold.

se you on the wild side ,have fun . cheers alan.



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17/5/2010 at 8:45am
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don't worry! It will probably come with the right sized one anyway!

Your old one can probably be exchanged for the right sized one.


17/5/2010 at 12:22pm
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My present M/H came with those twee 6kg bottles and they lasted about three days

I then tried  a combination of 2x13kg and they didn't fit. 1x13kg plus 1x6kg and that was OK. Finally settled on 2x11kg Propane

The easiest way is to empty the gas locker and go down to your local stockistand ask to try a few cylinders in the locker. It really is the only way to be sure that they fit as, in theory, my gas locker should hole 2x13s but it doesn't because you cannot manoeuvre the second cylinder in because of lack clearance



17/5/2010 at 7:45pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Jax365 on 17/5/2010
don't worry! It will probably come with the right sized one anyway!

Your old one can probably be exchanged for the right sized one.

Sorry I might not have been clear in my origianl post, I already own a Gaslow type refillable bottle that can be filled at a petrol station, Not a standard bottle.

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17/5/2010 at 7:47pm
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Quote: Originally posted by happybonzo on 17/5/2010

My present M/H came with those twee 6kg bottles and they lasted about three days

I then tried  a combination of 2x13kg and they didn't fit. 1x13kg plus 1x6kg and that was OK. Finally settled on 2x11kg Propane

The easiest way is to empty the gas locker and go down to your local stockistand ask to try a few cylinders in the locker. It really is the only way to be sure that they fit as, in theory, my gas locker should hole 2x13s but it doesn't because you cannot manoeuvre the second cylinder in because of lack clearance

 

Thanks but agian not intrested in normal bottles, I have a refillable bottle of the 'gaslow' type really need to know in advance of picking up the van if this bottle will fit or not.

Thanks for your reply




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17/5/2010 at 10:18pm
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now then you know what to do !

two lovelly standard bottles .sell the gaslow . buy a thingy .keep the standard bottles .you know it makes sense.

with the change you could buy me a pint. cheers alan.

i wont tell everybody you bought a trailer tent .

i may be adding a folder to my collection .

go well with 5er, teardrop ,and rooftent on bongo..must stop buying.



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