Is this the best sized gas bottle for my needs?

[Dogstoat]

Hello All

I am a newbie and slowly finding my way around owning a motorhome.

I am mostly parked up on airfields when using the chuggabug and therefore never have an electric hook-up facility.

My Foster & Day Mercedes 2.3 came with two Campingaz 907 bottles. However, because I use gas to operate my fridge 24/7...I am eating through them at a rate of knots and they are expensive to refill. I have purchased a third bottle to try to address this.

Is there a downside or any safety negative to me purchasing a 15kg Calor Gas bottle and using that instead? I will have to keep it in the vehicle when I am travelling and have the inconvenience of hauling it in and out of the vehicle at the beginning and end of trips. I am content to do this to save myself a lot of money.

Just asking the question in case I am missing something.

Advice would be greatly appreciated.

Dogstoat

 

[Sapper520]

If you’re going through gas at a vast rate of knots, go for a Gaslow (or alike) system. Calor is very expensive.

 

[jezport]

You can use any size as long as it Fits in your gas locker and you have the correct regulator / connector

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Keeping a loose gas bottle of any size in your van is a safety hazard both from escaping gas and the bottle flying around if you have a bump.if you can install some kind of secured locker that is your best bet
A calor bottle or better still a refillable,probably a safe fill bottle ,is cheaper than a camping gaz

 

[pappajohn]

If it's used outside the van, as it seems in your post, it could so easily be stolen.
It it must be used this way maybe invest in a security chain and lock.
As already said, calor bottle exchange is a very expensive way to buy gas.
A Gaslow refillable bottle is cheaper to fill at the petrol pumps by a big margin.
Only thing is they are expensive to buy.

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[Dogstoat]

I was intending to secure the bottle to the vehicle when outside as you advise.

I was also intending to place the bottle in the toilet/shower 'room' when travelling because my gas locker is too small to take a 15kg bottle...is that a bad idea or illegal even?

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

It's only a bad idea if it can rattle around whilst your driving. It needs at least to be secured.

 

[Dogstoat]

It's only a bad idea if it can rattle around whilst your driving. It needs at least to be secured.

Hmmm....yes...I'm thinking perhaps 2 x Calor Gas 4.5kg bottles is the safer and slightly less expensive middle ground. I think I can just about get two of them into my gas locker. Will go down to the garage and check it out tomorrow.

Thanks to all for your comments and advice.

 

[mitzimad]

Underslung refillable is the ideal for a van thats short of space leaves room for more beer

 

[Sapper520]

Hmmm....yes...I'm thinking perhaps 2 x Calor Gas 4.5kg bottles is the safer and slightly less expensive middle ground. I think I can just about get two of them into my gas locker. Will go down to the garage and check it out tomorrow.

Thanks to all for your comments and advice.

Refillable systems that use cylinders come in 6kgs and 11kgs sizes (maybe others), would either of these sizes fit in your gas locker?

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[Jimbohorlicks]

Hmmm....yes...I'm thinking perhaps 2 x Calor Gas 4.5kg bottles is the safer and slightly less expensive middle ground. I think I can just about get two of them into my gas locker. Will go down to the garage and check it out tomorrow.

Thanks to all for your comments and advice.

I dont think you will get hold of any 4.5 calor bottles and if you do they will be difficult to exchange.people with 6kg bottles are struggling to exchange in some areas.if you can get hold of a refillable that would be your best and cheapest option.

 

[dunnah01]

A second hand 6kg refillable system will soon pay for itself and if you remove the carry ring it may well fit in your existing locker

 

[Barti Ddu]

Gaslow do a small 2.7kg refillable bottle which is a direct replacement for the expensive CampingGaz 907 you are currently using. Two of these should hopefully fit in your locker.

High initial outlay, but much cheaper and more convenient afterwards.

 

[Landy Andy]

The bigger the cylinder the cheaper the gas. So get/fit the biggest cylinder you can

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

There are a couple of gas bottles advertised in the classified section.

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[cyberyacht]

The 5Kg Safefill, apart from being lighter than the other refillable cylinder options is 385mm high by 305mm diameter and has a larger capacity than the Gaslow 907 equivalent replacement at only 2.7Kg. A 2.7Kg cylinder is only likely to last you around five days at best. All the Safefill cylinders are the same diameter, varying only in height, the 10Kg being 570mm and the 7.5Kg 470mm high. Any steel cylinder between 11-15Kg is going to be a heavy old lump when full and not much better when empty and a significant danger unless well strapped down.

 

[Dogstoat]

This may sound a daft question but I'm not actually with my motorhome at the minute so can't check myself.

Will the current hosing fitted to the gas system and currently linked to a Campingaz 907 be okay to link to a regulator for a Calor Gas 7kg bottle. Are there any hose diameter or pressure issues?

Thanks