Anyone using 13kg gas bottle? (1 Viewer)

[JimboT]

Have been using two 6kg bottle have found a 13kg in the shed fits in but van spec says 2 x 11 will this cause any problem?
Thanks
Jim

 

[Pausim]

I fitted a 13kg Alugas (refillable but probably similar size) but it had a removeable shroud which had to come off. The height of the locker is an obvious constraint but I was told the height of the regulator is also important. You don’t want the regulator inlet below the outlet on the bottle so that pipe has a fall back towards the bottle. This so that the residues that can condense in the pipe run back to the bottle rather than into the regulator. An inline filter on the regulator may help if the fall back is marginal.

 

[BwB]

Our last motorhome said 2x11kg but I could get 1x13kg and 1x6kg in. The 13's are a bit wider so as long as your locker width it should be ok. I couldn't get 2x13kgs into the locker. (I know that's less kgs than two 11kg but Calor didn't/don't do 11kg - it was solved later with two 11kg refillables)

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[Lenny HB]

Our van is supposed to take 2 x 11kg, I have 2 x 14kg no problems and the regulator is still about 6" above the bottles. If they fit you can use them providing you have enough payload.

 

[Madcaravanner]

What you may find is that cylinder sizes over the years have altered
Our 07 Lunar Roadstar handbook says our gas locker should hold 2x13kg but when we tried they didn't fit in so we ended up with 2x11kg GasIt ones

Check the construction of your gas locker (ours has a slideout tray for easy access) if it can take the slightly extra weight of 4kg that is at least an extra weeks worth of gas maybe two in summer

 

[Steve N Tracy]

I have 2 13 kgs in our Dethleffs and can still store all the water hoses in the locker as well.

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[Minxy]

Have been using two 6kg bottle have found a 13kg in the shed fits in but van spec says 2 x 11 will this cause any problem?
Thanks
Jim

No problem whatsoever, if it fits in and connect up okay just use it - its fairly common for foreign made vehicles like you have to quote the locker capacity in terms of the most commonly used 11kg bottles (such as Repsol ones) rather than 13kg which we use in the UK (eg Calor) - we had an Autocruise accent which was only supposed to take 2 x 7kg Calor bottles but I got an 11kg refillable Gaslow in (with persuasion!).