LPG gas usage.

[Mona Owner]

Bit of a Newbie,
Before I start, I know about European LPG conversions from Calor etc. And I know this is a very vague question but I am going to ask anyway.....

I currently have two 11.5kg calor bottles on board. We wish to have a 3 week jaunt into Europe in May 2021 (pending Vivid). Aiming for Italy and Croatia.

We will mostly stay on sites and where I can, have a hook up. The MoHo has one electric hob on the gas cooker too.

Are these two bottles going to be sufficient for that period of time, based on the above?

(I think I have almost answered my own question!)

Cheers Alan

 

[poppycamper]

I would say almost certainly.!!!

 

[seakay22]

You'll do that easily, probably on just one bottle. During a recent trip I had the heating/hot water on every morning for 40 minutes and the heating on again at night for an average of about the same. Never hooked up and cooked most nights and one bottle lasted exactly 3 weeks.

 

[two]

Depends on how long your string is.
If one bottle is full, that should last. It's usually in Winter that you get through a lot of gas. Only water, cooking and the fridge at other times. With hook-up, you could stay almost indefinitely.

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

We reckon on using 1 to 1.5 litres a day for fridge and general cooking when off grid,excluding heating.if you are on ehu you will only need minimal gas,run the fridge on ehu, take a low wattage travel kettle ,a 7/800 watt microwave and a slow cooker.

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[rosalan]

In the summer with two 11kg bottles, we last well over 6 weeks before filling up. Much depends on how much heating you use. We filled up after 6 weeks but still had some gas left,

 

[Just smiffy]

(I think I have almost answered my own question!)

You have indeed... you can learn a lot on this forum, this time next year you’ll be helping others with advice and information...

 

[gpat]

Yes. We took 2*6kg bottles to Spain year last October. We came back with 2*6kg bottles. Only used it for making coffee in the morning and we don't do cooking in the van

 

[kevenh]

We based our gas usage on our early Autumn/Winter trips and took two bottle all around the UK this summer

One was our ~1/5 full first one that we took off to add the second full one. By the end of our Aut/Win camping we were already down to ~1/2 on that new one

So at the start of our July 5th travel, I swapped back to the ~1/5 full one so it would be emptied for our next Calor exchange.

It's not emptied yet.

Our early colder weather trips was also when we used gas for fridge, hot water & heating as well as the cooker.
By the time summer came around we were using EHU fior the fridge & hot water and didn't need the heater on.

We're taking the same two bottle to Kent on Saturday. The BEEP thing will run out then. lol

 

[Richard n Ann]

Bit of a Newbie,
Before I start, I know about European LPG conversions from Calor etc. And I know this is a very vague question but I am going to ask anyway.....

I currently have two 11.5kg calor bottles on board. We wish to have a 3 week jaunt into Europe in May 2021 (pending Vivid). Aiming for Italy and Croatia.

We will mostly stay on sites and where I can, have a hook up. The MoHo has one electric hob on the gas cooker too.

Are these two bottles going to be sufficient for that period of time, based on the above?

(I think I have almost answered my own question!)

Cheers Alan

We last about 4 weeks with two 6kg bottles and that's with the fridge on gas 24/7

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[Reallyretired]

I have only had 38 days away this year, mainly on aires/sites with ehu and have used just 10L of lpg approx 5kg. Cost was £6.60.

 

[DerryW]

The thing which really surprised us was how little gas we used on a 5 week trip through France and Spain last year, using a mixture of Aires and Sites some with some without EHU.