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PersonBasilbrush
26/7/2009 at 11:22am
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Can anyone tell me how heavy a 6kg propane cylinder should weigh empty please. I'm taking OH & kids down to cornwall in two weeks time, leaving them there for a week & then I'm going down for a fortnight.

Even though the kids are all in their teens,  I don't want them having to change a cylinder while I'm not there & I also don't want to hand a cylinder in for a new one with lenty of gas in it for a week.

I think the numbers on the top of the cylinder indicate the tare weight but not sure which ones.

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should be written on gas bottle, then just weigh on some bathroom scales to see the difference.

 

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Persongeeljay
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I use one of those magnetic things that tel how full your gas bottle is. Seems reliable, and not expensive. Got mine from Towsure, but most caravan accessory shops seem to stock them

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The empty weight, depending on the make, is stamped on either the bottom "foot" or on the shoulder of the bottle, together with the test stamps and certification details.  As suggested above, if you weigh a full bottle then the tare weight is just that less the weight of the gas.

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If they are Calor cylinders they normally have a aluminium disk around the neck of the cylinder just below where you attach the regulator this normally has the tare weight stamped on here.

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Calor bottle that I weighed last time I had an empty was 8.03kg

 

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Why not look on the Calor Gas website, they have the details on there!





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From the Calor website:

"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."

So, as said above, check what weight is marked on the cylinder.

AL


PersonThwack
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Just a word of caution

The weight on the collar is pounds and ounces but the contents are sold in kilograms

From memory 1 pound = 454 grams (0.454 kgs)

Thwack



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