Refilling Gaslow Bottles .. problem filling at Shell station . (1 Viewer)

[vwalan]

i always knew it as the Italian dish.
back in the seventies it was usually italian dish or the acme thread.
calor still use the acme thread on their lpg house tanks .
think that works a treat.

 

[Abacist]

Today I have done my second gas refill of my Gasit bottles and I have one large 11 Kgs and one small 6 Kgs one.

My query is this. When you connect to an English bayonet pump there is an immediate sound of gas movement. What is this noise? Is it the pump pressurising? But at that point all you have done is lock the pipe to the filler on the van - surely the pressurising should only happen when you hit the black button to fill your bottles.

The sound is like what gas you have left is leaving your bottles.

On our holiday I emptied the 11 Kgs bottle and some of the 6 Kgs. My fill today was 23.92 litres which I think equates to 11.96 Kgs for the princely sum of £12.18p which is about one third of the Calor price.

Just trying to get to know the system and get comfortable with filling it!

 

[Bobby22]

Today I have done my second gas refill of my Gasit bottles and I have one large 11 Kgs and one small 6 Kgs one.

My query is this. When you connect to an English bayonet pump there is an immediate sound of gas movement. What is this noise? Is it the pump pressurising? But at that point all you have done is lock the pipe to the filler on the van - surely the pressurising should only happen when you hit the black button to fill your bottles.

The sound is like what gas you have left is leaving your bottles.

On our holiday I emptied the 11 Kgs bottle and some of the 6 Kgs. My fill today was 23.92 litres which I think equates to 11.96 Kgs for the princely sum of £12.18p which is about one third of the Calor price.

Just trying to get to know the system and get comfortable with filling it!

The noise you hear is the gas pressure in your own bottles trying to get out, as you lock on the seal stops any more leak/noise.

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[Lenny HB]

The noise you hear is the gas pressure in your own bottles trying to get out, as you lock on the seal stops any more leak/noise.

It will only be the gas in the hose between your bottles and the filler, the bottles have a one way valve in them so gas can't escape.

 

[Lenny HB]

i always knew it as the Italian dish.
back in the seventies it was usually italian dish or the acme thread.
calor still use the acme thread on their lpg house tanks .
think that works a treat.

The Acme thread and the dish are different the Acme is used in Germany.

 

[Badknee]

For cheaper refills try to find where the private hire lads fill up, here in notloB Shell were on 62p a litre and I got it for 48p.

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[Abacist]

For cheaper refills try to find where the private hire lads fill up, here in notloB Shell were on 62p a litre and I got it for 48p.

Mine was just over 50p per litre at Trago Mills, Newton Abbot, who supply FloGas.

 

[Gromett]

Yes.. and yesterday I was reminded of one of @Snowbird 's posts ... I always hold the tube far back as I release the handle ... yesterday the jet of gas shot back about 12ins to my hand and burnt it .. will never make that mistake again.. much further jet than normal.

I use a glove now

 

[Jo662]

I use a glove now

Me too!

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[peterc10]

Is it just me that thinks the bayonet fitting connection we have in the UK is just crap? The french cup system seems so much easier to put on and take off.

 

[Emmit]

Apologies,
Just come back to this thread and noticed that I didn't thank those who responded to my cry for help re the 'Dish' Adaptor.
Good news is that my 'Card' was declined by fleabay when trying to buy the adaptor kit and I had to pay for it with Paypal.
It was then that I discovered that there was credit on the account which is in US Dollars. With the recent fall in the Pound, I was Quids in.

 

[BusyBuilder]

I fitted my own LPG bottles and had exactly the same problem, I was convinced I had done something wrong and got quite paranoid about it, till I tried another place and hey presto it all worked out !

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[vwalan]

The Acme thread and the dish are different the Acme is used in Germany.

i know the acme was used in uk for years . been using it here since the 70,s myself . the cup was known as the italian cup.
the acme is still used in uk on domestic or commercial tanks . got one here .
i meant on the other post to say every where you went it was either the acme thread or in france and italy and portugal the cup.
i found the acme used in spain . but there wasnt many places then . a few taxi garages used it but usually had to go to the big factory filling stations .