Propane Calor Gas Refils? (1 Viewer)

[StitchUp]

We use two 6Kg (Orange) Calor gas bottles in our van. To refill locally costs £37, that is swap empty for full.

I notice on eBay there are these:

I'm unsure if it's easy to find refil stations - do you do it yourself - I'm told it's a lot cheaper or is it a no go?

The eBay fitting is circa £30

Any advice/comments?

Thanks

 

[Fragle]

We use two 6Kg (Orange) Calor gas bottles in our van. To refill locally costs £37, that is swap empty for full.

I notice on eBay there are these:
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I'm unsure if it's easy to find refil stations - do you do it yourself - I'm told it's a lot cheaper or is it a no go?

The eBay fitting is circa £30

Any advice/comments?

Thanks

It’s illegal. Dangerous not only to you but also to others.

Please take absolutely no notice of anyone saying otherwise.
If you want to refill please get the appropriate tanks that have the correct cut off equipment installed within them. Gaslow:gasit etc

 

[Fragle]

By pure luck I found a place near me that will refill my 6kg bottle for £15.
I won't say where it is though as his supplier (calor) would stop dealing with him as they want their £30+ exchange scheme to flourish.

You call it luck that someone will break the law to refill a non refillable Calor bottle.

There are word to describe it and luck is not one of them

 

[StitchUp]

I asked the question as I found so many of the refil valves on eBay!

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Clive Beeza]

We use two 6Kg (Orange) Calor gas bottles in our van. To refill locally costs £37, that is swap empty for full.

I notice on eBay there are these:
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I'm unsure if it's easy to find refil stations - do you do it yourself - I'm told it's a lot cheaper or is it a no go?

The eBay fitting is circa £30

Any advice/comments?

Thanks

DONT do it, you will be playing with a bomb

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[TonyEmm]

We use two 6Kg (Orange) Calor gas bottles in our van. To refill locally costs £37, that is swap empty for full.

I notice on eBay there are these:
View attachment 783640

I'm unsure if it's easy to find refil stations - do you do it yourself - I'm told it's a lot cheaper or is it a no go?

The eBay fitting is circa £30

Any advice/comments?

Thanks

It’s illegal and unsafe to self fill Calor cylinders.
I use ’SafeFill’ which are designed for self filling. Many Morrisons fuel stations do autogas and it’s a relatively simple job, however, I have been asked to show the cylinder before they’ll allow me to refill!

 

[Charlie57]

Refillable bottles have a cut off valve to prevent overfilling Calor bottles do not, over fill and you could get liquid propane instead of gaseous, which if ignited would as Michel Cain said 'blow the bloody doors off' so to try and refill is irresponsible in the extreme, also when you originally purchase a Calor bottle you sign a contract and somewhere in there it will say do not refill so you are breaking your contract with Calor.
Calor will always be more expensive because you are paying to transport the empty back to Calor, someonw gets paid wages to refill it for you and then transport it to a retailer who then wants his profit also its an expensive way of doing business but convenient.
To even consider messing about with something as flammable as petrol and under very high pressure is idiotic.

Maybe we should have signs on the side of motorhomes 'If you refil your own Calor bottles DO NOT park next to me'

 

[bigtree]

... and if not totally empty or has cr@p in the bottom of the cylinder thus reducing the actual internal capacity ... so when someone thinks they're being 'clever' by only putting in a max of 80% in reality it's 90% ... blow torch time!



You may get away with that in Spain but not in the UK ... I think most of Spain's LPG outlets would object too.

Denote crap please ?

 

[BOWHOUSE52]

All I can say is people who do this have no concern for anyone else Go to your local fire station and ask them to show you a DVD on what happens to gas bottles when there is accident and fire You will Shit yourself it's so dangerous DO NOT DO IT have some thought for other people not just yourself

 

[Albacore]

I did and without naming the people I know at least 2 folk on this forum with factory pvc conversions running refillable bottles and those bottles are inside a cupboard inside the back doors .

Yes I have a factory built German PVC and my gas locker is inside the rear doors. However the gas locker is vented to the outside beneath the bottles.

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[bigtree]

hmm...not a great deal. They are £189 each brand new. External filling kit/hose is £76. I never understand why people use two. Do you have two petrol tanks in your car?

This is what I have for sale, plus the bottles are full.

Gaslow R67 11kg Refillable Twin Cylinder Kit

Specially designed to fit all caravans, motorhomes and campervans. The R67 approved cylinders include a special multi-valve which automatically shuts off the gas when 80% capacity is reached – preventing dangerous overfilling. For complete safety, an excess flow valve prevents full flow of gas...

autogasshop.co.uk

 

[Gingernuts]

Sorry no, you’re not allowed to self fill Calor gas cylinders!!!!

 

[Lenny HB]

We use two 6Kg (Orange) Calor gas bottles in our van. To refill locally costs £37, that is swap empty for full.

I notice on eBay there are these:
View attachment 783640

I'm unsure if it's easy to find refil stations - do you do it yourself - I'm told it's a lot cheaper or is it a no go?

The eBay fitting is circa £30

Any advice/comments?

Thanks

Ilegal and very dangerous.

 

[hja]

Finding an lpg pump may not be too difficult, various web sites to help, but most are at fuel stations. Many will not allow the filling of “ loose” cylinders, as against installed refill cylinder systems that you fill via a access in the side of the van (like a fuel cap)

 

[bigtree]

I have used one similar for a number of years, saved ££’s.
Have now got refillables but I’m keeping the fill adapter as I use a German bottle for my bbq at home.

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[tonka]

Maybe look at safefill bottles. These can / are allowed to be filled. As an example my 10kg bottles cost about £12 for a full
Luckily I have several local fill places.

 

[Bonsaiman]

We use two 6Kg (Orange) Calor gas bottles in our van. To refill locally costs £37, that is swap empty for full.

I notice on eBay there are these:
View attachment 783640

I'm unsure if it's easy to find refil stations - do you do it yourself - I'm told it's a lot cheaper or is it a no go?

The eBay fitting is circa £30

Any advice/comments?

Thanks

£37 seems a bit steep just swapped ours at local garden centre and it was £26.75

 

[bigtree]

This is mine.

 

[Stealaway]

Ilegal and very dangerous.

And why many garages now refuse to refill motorhome gas bottles. All Total fuel stations in France refuse all motorhome from their sites throughout the country

 

[grasscutter]

Possibility of a custodial sentence if somethin goes wrong and there are injuries.

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[EuroTrotters]

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[EuroTrotters]

Possibility of a custodial sentence if somethin goes wrong and there are injuries.

if you are working or money in the bank.

Unemployed with form and you would get away with it

 

[Nitram77]

I have a safefill gas bottle. I went to refill it a Morrisons Wellingborough last week only to find the the pump and much of the petrol station roof had been taken down! Upon talking to the staff I found out that someone had tried to fill a Calor gas cylinder from the LPG pump. It caught fire, the man was seriously burnt and the pump totally destroyed.

Moral of the story - Don't try it!!

 

[paulhelenwilko]

The refilling of calor is dangerous to the individual and anyone else at the filling station. As seen recently at Wellingborough.

These incidents are one more nail in the coffin for the availability of LPG.

Who can blame Morrisons if they decide to stop selling LPG after this selfish idiot tried to blow them up?

 

[StitchUp]

I'll stick with swapping bottles

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[VXman]

And why many garages now refuse to refill motorhome gas bottles. All Total fuel stations in France refuse all motorhome from their sites throughout the country

I have a friend who took a year out travelling across Europe in a motorhome. He managed by refilling calor gas bottles as petrol stations for all that year!

 

[Fragle]

I have a safefill gas bottle. I went to refill it a Morrisons Wellingborough last week only to find the the pump and much of the petrol station roof had been taken down! Upon talking to the staff I found out that someone had tried to fill a Calor gas cylinder from the LPG pump. It caught fire, the man was seriously burnt and the pump totally destroyed.

Moral of the story - Don't try it!!

I commented on another forum regarding this. The replies are unbelievable.
Personally if found guilty the person needs to be made bankrupt. Morrisons need to make them pay for the damage and then Calor can have a go.

 

[steve69]

By pure luck I found a place near me that will refill my 6kg bottle for £15.
I won't say where it is though as his supplier (calor) would stop dealing with him as they want their £30+ exchange scheme to flourish.

 

[Fragle]

I have a friend who took a year out travelling across Europe in a motorhome. He managed by refilling calor gas bottles as petrol stations for all that year!

Needs to be prosecuted then.

 

[VXman]

Needs to be prosecuted then.

Well its a bit late. He's done his travelling and sold the motorhome. Point was he got away with it for 12 months UK and abroad. Not supporting him just making an observation.