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tonnee

13/1/2011 at 2:11pm
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Has anyone got or used one of these, and do they work ?

My local pound shop has loads of them in so I have just bought one to see how it goes.

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Tony

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13/1/2011 at 3:50pm
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Never used one, but I understand these will only indicate the level of the liquified gas when the gas is actually being used, and therefore allowing the evaporation of the liquid and thus causing cooling at that point on the bottle.

I'm fairly sure this subject came up sometime last year (can't find it on Search though - perhaps someone will be able to locate the thread).

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Vectratot

13/1/2011 at 4:39pm
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Not very good you can have mine for free

tonnee

13/1/2011 at 4:51pm
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I thought they wouldnt be but for a pound it was worth a try !

bowler70

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Mine was useless and I threw it away. Tip in Caravan magazine suggested pouring HOT water down cylinder side - gas part will be colder to touch than empty part of cyl. Have not tried this so not sure if it works.

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if its calor weigh it and deduct the weight on the collar from the gross , much more accurate than the magnetic sticker or the gas flo gauge on the lite weight bottles.

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tonnee

13/1/2011 at 5:30pm
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Dont even know why I bought it really as I carry a spare full 4.5KG bottle anyway, so if I do run out I always have a full one.

I just couldnt resist parting with a pound

tango55

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I bought one a few years back and tried to use it on the 3.9 kilo cylinder that I use to use, but because of the shape not being straight all the way down like the 6kg. cylinders, the side curves at the bottom thus making impossible for the magnetic indicator to attach properly. I tried using it further up on the straight part but found it wasn't very good at all so ended up discarding it. I now use the 6kg. Calor lite cylinders which have a gauge built in at the top. The gauge registers green when the cylinder is full and slowly changes to red as the gas is consumed. This method is far better and find it really useful and more accurate than using a magnetic gas level indicator.

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Like tonnee, I also carry a 4.5kg back up for when my 7kg bottle runs out. Just have to turn tap off other tap on and get a 7kg refill whenever

chrisandwendy

13/1/2011 at 9:15pm
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same here save your pound they are rubbish

bp gaslight has clear sides so you can see how much gas is left

generalhawk

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Tried them - absolute rubbish

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Jusy

14/1/2011 at 12:13am
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Quote: Originally posted by bowler70 on 13/1/2011
Mine was useless and I threw it away. Tip in Caravan magazine suggested pouring HOT water down cylinder side - gas part will be colder to touch than empty part of cyl. Have not tried this so not sure if it works.

We have done this and it does work.

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JOHN BYRNE

14/1/2011 at 6:55am
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Tried one and it did not work very well
now have a gasglow regulator type one added advantage it also works as a leak detector
John

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