Fitting and using a Gaslow gauge on my propane bottle

[Motorhomer14]

Below Vlog on fitting and using a Gaslow gauge on my propane bottle. Makes checking for gas leaks very easy when you arrive on site.

 

[mitzimad]

dont bother they are wildly inaccurate

 

[68c]

I assume it is just a pressure guage. If it is it will always show the same pressure until nearly empty. Always have something on that you know is using gas, ie hob, then check reading. It will also change with temperature, high on a hot day, low on a cols day.
As mitzimad@ says, dont bother.'

 

[Steve and Denise]

I chucked ours in the bin pointless things.

 

[Motorhomer14]

dont bother they are wildly inaccurate

If you watched the Vlog I did state they are no good for level checking. This is purely for leak testing which they are very good for

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[Motorhomer14]

I assume it is just a pressure guage. If it is it will always show the same pressure until nearly empty. Always have something on that you know is using gas, ie hob, then check reading. It will also change with temperature, high on a hot day, low on a cols day.
As mitzimad@ says, dont bother.'

As i said only using for gas leak test

 

[68c]

Yes you are right in that it can h4elp confirm a leak in the system after the bottle. I admit I did not read the Vlog, sorry for my irrelevant post.

 

[Spriddler]

As i said only using for gas leak test

I have one which is an integral/standard fitting in my Gaslow/Calor system and it does exactly that.

 

[Motorhomer14]

Yes you are right in that it can h4elp confirm a leak in the system after the bottle. I admit I did not read the Vlog, sorry for my irrelevant post.

no worries i understand these are not so good at level checks

 

[VXman]

Interesting comments about Gaslow guages. I emailed them about slow filling of my bottle and this was their response.

'Please note that cooking for 2 weeks will use very little cylinder contents. Please use your cylinder contents down until the gauge goes into the Yellow. Our gauges are extremely accurate so please rely on them.'

Kind regards

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[Jimbohorlicks]

We use ours just to give some idea of what's in the tanks. But they won't indicate if there are any leaks.use your nose and leak detector spray.

 

[Wagoneer]

Yes, good for leak detection. I check the gauge everytime I open the gas locker.

I've noticed that after several refills in Europe, the pressure reduces on the gauge because of the butune/propane mix used in EU. It's a good reminder to refill in UK where the propane content is close to 100% propane.

 

[pappajohn]

Our gauges are extremely accurate so please rely on them.'

Hardly surprising they say this....

' our gauges are inaccurate, please don't rely on them' doesnt have the same appeal does it.

 

[mitzimad]

Interesting comments about Gaslow guages. I emailed them about slow filling of my bottle and this was their response.

'Please note that cooking for 2 weeks will use very little cylinder contents. Please use your cylinder contents down until the gauge goes into the Yellow. Our gauges are extremely accurate so please rely on them.'

Kind regards

extremely accurate on the last 2 per cent of the bottle

 

[pandas]

Don’t forget to turn off the bottles when you refill.

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[nabsim]

I don’t check them very often as I work on using one bottle til empty then switch to second but my Gaslow bottle gauges seem reasonably correct

 

[pandas]

I don’t check them very often as I work on using one bottle til empty then switch to second but my Gaslow bottle gauges seem reasonably correct

Not bragging but ours does this automatically and it flags up on the Truma control which bottle you are using - very useful.

 

[nabsim]

Not bragging but ours does this automatically and it flags up on the Truma control which bottle you are using - very useful.

I didn’t want the auto change over, I just wanted to know when I had used one bottle so I can start looking out to refill. I know a lot of folk prefer the auto changeover though.