Gas advice needed (1 Viewer)

Mar 3, 2013
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Off to France and Holland for 9 days. The gas is not usually a problem but we are only staying 3 nights at a campsite near Amsterdam with hook up. The rest will be gas only..the problem is we have two 6kg Calor Lites and one is about half full, the other has a bit out of it ( daughter went camping) not sure if they will last. I have a couple of friends who have vans and am hoping they may not be using theirs and we can maybe borrow one. Any other ideas? I will be looking for Aires with hook up as well. Thanks
 

vwalan

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weigh the bottles then look on the bottles themselves for the tare weight . take that off the weight on the scales . you will then know how much gas you have .
some use bathroom scales . i use a parcel scale old fashioned spring balance . if i,m carefull i can weigh them in my gas locker with out removing anything .
 
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MichelleRyall
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Cheers, a friend up the road has a spare full one so we will take that and our fullest one. Should be ok now I reckon. :)

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vwalan

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if you have the full one look on the bottle for the tare weight and weigh it .
its interesting some times just to see how much is in a full one .
but given you time on the trip i doubt you would use one full.
 
May 29, 2013
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I heard that as a rough rule of thumb a fridge will use 1/2 kg of gas running overnight, presuming that you'll be using MH during the day and fridge is running off battery power.
 

teensvan99

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As rule of thumb for us 10 days from 6kg gas off hookup. Size of fridge freezer can reduce this.

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Unless you are using gas heating for on full for six days I can not see how you will use even one 6kg cylinder.
You could run a fridge for weeks on a 6kg, months in fact.
Think about what you have used the existing cylinder for and how many nights.
Should give you an idea.
 
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I'd be amazed if you use the single 6kg bottle. I'm still on the full bottle I put in before last summers 2 weeks away. 8 weeks in total. 2 weeks off grid. Enjoy your break(y)
 
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MichelleRyall
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Thanks everyone, it's more hubby panicking than me lol. He worries about his beer in the fridge ::bigsmile:

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Minxy

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As a general rule of thumb we use approx 1 litre a day, so very roughly half a kg, we don't use sites so our fridge is on gas except when we're travelling and we cook and heat with gas too. For 9 days in Holland and France you'll be more than likely fine with just one bottle ... probably on half of it will get used!
 

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