I found this info about a lightweight gas bottle http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/articles/view.asp?id=149 I liked the idea of being able to see how much is left as well as being light. Is it any good for us or am I a prat? (Well, I often am a prat but am I being a prat now? ;D)
Hi Dee, I don't know if you are a pratt or not ??? but I've only seen these bottles for barbecues and the connector is different, but it might be worth asking your gas supplier if they are available with a screwed connector, I've not seenthem at my supplier.
Mike
It wouldn't work at my supplier, they don't refill tanks, they swap for a full one. The refilling is done at the depot.
There seems to be an adapter available for the connector - which would be great. Hmmm - I wonder how much they cost in comparison and what they are made from if not steel?? Must read on!
When I bought my set up I got BP gas from Homebase cos I liked the idea of a light bottle .. then discovered the connector didn't fit, and they couldn't offer an alternative - so I had to go for Calor instead. :(
It's not immediately obvious from the website but isn't this LPG - Liquid Petroleum Gas? Ok for running your Range Rover on but I'm not sure you can run a Minor Burner on it??
Not sure I'd trust what I'm guessing is a plastic bottle over a steel one........
Quote from: Redhotsal on June 17, 2008, 08:13:54 PM
Not sure I'd trust what I'm guessing is a plastic bottle over a steel one........
I was just thinking along those lines, I'm sure the bottles are thick for good reason
Hmmm, thought it'd be too good to be true :(
Well my central heating runs on propane, and the tank says LPG. It's not deisel, that's what my old boiler used!
LPG ( Liquefied Petroleum Gas) is just a generic term for any gas produced from petroleum ie Butane, Propane etc and is the same stuff wether it goes in your Land rover, minor torch, central heating, camping cooker, cigarette lighter etc etc. ::) ::)
Mike
Oh - okay Mike. Thanks for that - always wondered what the difference was, (if any)!?
Hang on - though - Butane is not the same as propane, doesn't butane burn dirtier and at a lower temperature? I know Ray runs his torch on butane, as he is above ground level in his swanky studio, but I'm not sure I want to. So is LPG propane based or butane based? (Sorry to be a pedant.....)
Propane is a shorter carbon chain than butane and so requires less oxygen to turn it completely to carbon dioxide and water.
Butane with the longer carbon chain will therefore burn 'dirtier' in comparison with the same amount of oxygen.
Both can be classified as LPG
As far as I know both can be called LPG, or it can be a mix, it's just a general term. So the bottles are suitable for either propane or butane. That's why we buy propane, not LPG, because we want specific stuff.
Ah. :D
OK I'm going to bed :o :o :o
Quote from: Failariel on June 17, 2008, 11:48:13 PM
Propane is a shorter carbon chain than butane and so requires less oxygen to turn it completely to carbon dioxide and water.
Butane with the longer carbon chain will therefore burn 'dirtier' in comparison with the same amount of oxygen.
Both can be classified as LPG
Something is sounding familiar here-Just been helping my daughter with her revision. So school isn't a waste of time then ;D ;D
Are you saying this is a standard GCSE Chemistry phrase?!?
I was very impressed by all this talk of short chain carbons - don't tell me you've been cribbibg from the kiddies text books!!! ;D ;)
:D ;D ;D
Just as I get intersted in the revision notes my daughter gets disinterested, strange that isn't it. Teenagers.
I did chemistry at university - I don't crib!
Tell me - I've taught myself the whole of "Fiddle Time Joggers" book for violin during the vast tracts of offspring disinterest as soon as I get involved in Emily's musical career.
I can even play "Smoke on the Water" on it...... :D
Blimey - a real certified chemist.......I thought you sounded confident!
Quote from: Lush! on June 17, 2008, 07:23:39 PM
When I bought my set up I got BP gas from Homebase cos I liked the idea of a light bottle .. then discovered the connector didn't fit, and they couldn't offer an alternative - so I had to go for Calor instead. :(
i did the same !!
So just to throw a spanner in the works - wot's "Patio Gas" then? I see it comes in pretty green and red bottles.......
Quote from: Redhotsal on June 18, 2008, 10:33:55 PM
So just to throw a spanner in the works - wot's "Patio Gas" then? I see it comes in pretty green and red bottles.......
Behave!
Quote from: flowerjasper on June 18, 2008, 10:32:34 PM
Quote from: Lush! on June 17, 2008, 07:23:39 PM
When I bought my set up I got BP gas from Homebase cos I liked the idea of a light bottle .. then discovered the connector didn't fit, and they couldn't offer an alternative - so I had to go for Calor instead. :(
i did the same !!
Tut, you could'a told me ... :P