Coleman Cooker Gas Query. (1 Viewer)

[Armytwowheels]

Someone has offered me one of these for nupence, but it runs of canisters, also pictured. Does anyone know if this can be adapted to run off a standard gas bottle. I would want to run it from our BBQ point.

 

[The Wino]

If there is no regulator outside the cooker I don't think it will run off the external point thats why there are low pressure and high pressure versions of the safari chef

 

[Armytwowheels]

If there is no regulator outside the cooker I don't think it will run off the external point thats why there are low pressure and high pressure versions of the safari chef

But there is no regulator on the low pressure cadac, the regulator is on the bottle, or am i missing something?

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[The Wino]

Exactly its designed for an external regulator the ightpressure on connects directly to a small cylinder at high pressure. I think the one you are lookinf at is similar unless there is a regulator that vclips onto the gas refill and supplies the cooker at low pressure I don't think it would work on a bbq point. However if its nuppence you could try it and see!!

 

[Deleted member 29692]

I think the answer is yes but adapted is the key word. If the stove is set up for a canister it will want a higher pressure (up to 75psi) than your BBQ point will deliver.

There's some relevant info here: https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...topics/6524280/Connecting_a_Coleman_stove_to_

and here

https://backpackinglight.com/canister_stove_faq/

 

[Deleted member 29692]

Not sure I'd be advising anyone to "try it and see" where gas is involved

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[Armytwowheels]

Thanks guys. It is a shame as this version of the cooker gets very good reviews, but the low pressure version gets poor reviews due to bad build quality.

 

[Armytwowheels]

All is not lost. It looks like it can be done with one these. Can i assume that we would then be able to cut off the threaded baulk head addapter and put on our bayonet adapter?

Sorry the link will not copy over arm Amazon. This is from Colmans site but the pipe is only £5.20 on Amazon.Broken Link Removed

 

[Zigisla]

All is not lost. It looks like it can be done with one these. Can i assume that we would then be able to cut off the threaded baulk head addapter and put on our bayonet adapter?

Sorry the link will not copy over arm Amazon. This is from Colmans site but the pipe is only £5.20 on Amazon.Broken Link Removed

This is still for high pressure systems when using a remote cannister i.e. not screwed into the bottom. I think the jets will clog up quicker if you put low pressure into an appliance requiring high pressure and it may not burn efficiently.

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[Deleted member 29692]

Zigisla is right. All that hose will let you do it connect it to a bottle.

It won't increase the pressure if your BBQ point is fitted after the van regulator.

 

[Armytwowheels]

Thd pipe fits into the regulator provided with the cooker. Apparently in America the cooker is sold with both high pressure regulator and the pipe adaptor for attatching to an RV bulkhead.

You can see i am clutching at straws here guys.

 

[Armytwowheels]

Light bulb moment. Are you saying that the BBQ releases that gas at too low a pressure for this cooker to work? If it was attached to a free standing gas bottle would it work then?

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[Zigisla]

Light bulb moment. Are you saying that the BBQ releases that gas at too low a pressure for this cooker to work? If it was attached to a free standing gas bottle would it work then?

I think that depends on the pressure of a free standing bottle. The gas cartridges you refer to above have a release pressure of 1.17 Bar approx 17 psi. your bbq point will be kicking out 30mBar approx 0.5 psi. If the stove is of so much cheapness, then get it and get the cartridges as well. If you cook all the time and it works out too expensive, re-sell on to someone who only cooks occasionally. Like me.

 

[Armytwowheels]

I am going to get it and let Colin figure it out when he is home. He will just raise his eyes to the sky at yet another cooking gadet in the van.

I love cooking outside but find my single burner cadac a bit limiting and end up running in and out the van all the while, there sre only so many one pot meals you can do.

 

[Deleted member 29692]

Light bulb moment. Are you saying that the BBQ releases that gas at too low a pressure for this cooker to work? If it was attached to a free standing gas bottle would it work then?

Yes basically. It would need to be connected directly to the bottle, not through any kind of regulator.

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[The Wino]

Yes basically. It would need to be connected directly to the bottle, not through any kind of regulator.

I think that would be well dodgy the gas would be in the pipe to the cooker at bottle pressure one loose connection gas everywhere.

 

[Deleted member 29692]

I think that would be well dodgy the gas would be in the pipe to the cooker at bottle pressure one loose connection gas everywhere.

Exactly.

That's what this particular stove is: a high pressure one. It needs bottle pressure to function correctly.

If you don't make and check your connections properly it's your own fault if something goes wrong.

Coleman is an American company. They're lot less hysterical about stuff like that than we are

 

[The Wino]

That's why I suggested trying it past a regulator on a bottle I don't know what happens if you pass gas through 2 regulators it can't flow at any more pressure than the first the second might regulate it to a lower pressure if thats what its set at if its set higher you just wouldnt get it to work.

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[Minxy]

I am going to get it and let Colin figure it out when he is home. He will just raise his eyes to the sky at yet another cooking gadet in the van.

I love cooking outside but find my single burner cadac a bit limiting and end up running in and out the van all the while, there sre only so many one pot meals you can do.

Just add one of these to supplement your existing Cadac ...