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Persontwisted_angel_uk
21/5/2011 at 12:30pm
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Hello

Preparing for our camping trip next weekend and we have been given a large and small calor gas bottles. Is there anyway finding out how much gas is in them?

My husband has weighed them and there is 1 kilo and 8 kilos in the small and large but is that a sure way to work it out and if so how much cooking time on a cadac or 2 stove burner would a kilo give us?

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If you look in the instruction manual of your stove it should give you gas consumption per/hr.


Personpete1946
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I use one of these,as I use Propane, you can also get them for Butane,as for consumption I have no Idear what it will use.

http://www.discover.co.uk/electrical-gas/gas/gaslow-propane-regulator?utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=googlebase



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From the Calor website:

» How can I monitor how much gas is left in a cylinder?

Calor’s 5kg and 13kg Patio Gas® cylinders and the Calor Lite® are fitted with Calor's new Gastrac® - an indicator which tells you when you are running low on gas.

For all other cylinders, the empty tare weight can be found on a metal disc on the shroud, this gives the weight of the cylinder in pounds and ounces. To convert this to kilograms multiply this number by 0.453592. Once you have the empty weight of the cylinder you can put it on some scales, then you will have the total weight, so you can now take the empty cylinder weight off the total, this will give you how much gas you have left in the cylinder.
» What is the empty weight of bottles?

All bottles will vary depending on their size, etc. The weight written on the metal disc on the shroud is the weight of the empty cylinder.


Personswright81076
30/5/2011 at 4:31pm
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Pour boiling water down the side then feel it. Where the metal is hot to the touch it's empty, and where it's cold there's gas.


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Pour boiling water down the side then feel it. Where the metal is hot to the touch it's empty, and where it's cold there's gas.



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