Change to refillable gas in 10 mins totaly legal and legit Offer to Wildcamp members

[kimbowbill]

How about opening this offer to free members as well then with the extra sales which could happen there might be a ever bigger discount for all

If you don't ask you don't get, but on this occasion i think it would be very unfair to give discounts to free members when full members have paid their £15 don't you think, also if you consider what you get for your £15 its well worth joining, and i also believe the discount is at its max, the company will not discount any more.

 

[snowbirds]

Gas job

Hi Bigpeetee,

We have a Swift Escape with two 6 or 7kg Calorlite, you say you can get a bigger gas bottles in.Should I go for one unit or two,Heading of soon to europe and the system you have looks ok, any advise please.Also how can get the discount .

Regards Snowbirds.

I got fed up constantly supplying Calor with lots of money for a small amount of gas.

I was tempted to buy a gas refill adapter, and whilst confident in the use of such an appliance was always worried about insurance and petrol attendant issues.

I looked at all the alternatives and after a meeting with Gas-It have arranged a discount for Wildcamping FULL MEMBERS ONLY

GAS IT Refillable Leisure Gas Tanks Solutions & Solar Energy Products for Motorhomes and Caravans by FES Autogas Ltd

Firstly my claim of refillable in 10 mins:

I measured my gas cabinet and found that I could get an 11Kg Gas-It bottle in the same space as my existing 6Kg Calor.

I ordered the 11Kg bottle with an indicator, on bottle fill bayonet with 80% cutoff and a vapour tank to regulator adapter.

As a member of Wildcamping I also received FREE a set of adapters, French/Italian to UK and an Acme to Uk all in a nice bag to keep them warm and safe. In addition they also bundle a can of gas leak detector.

P&P is free to mainland UK.

The Bottle fill bayonet and regulator adapter are fitted by them in the factory so all you have to do is disconnect your old gas bottle, remove and replace with the Gas-It bottle, refix regulator and you're ready to go and get filled. I've left my old 6Kg bottle as standby just to see if I need it.

10 mins: this included unwrapping, photos and installation

Full Members can get the add ons of adaptersx2, bag and gas leak for free if they order at least 1 bottle or tank. To do this they must Private message me for a code to get the freebies.

Obviously this is my solution to my problem, they have all the usual gas connectors to be installed in the bodywork and can work to give you a solution for you.

The cost? A total of £145.68 including P&P

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As it arrived

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I've a little of minor jiggling so that the regulator doesn't have such a tight fit, but it did start pouring down and I ran inside!!

NB. I have nothing at all to do with Gas-It but have tried to get additional benefits for the members of this fraternity!!​

 

[Aunty P]

Refilable tanks and Eurotunel

Does anyone know how Eurotunel view these tanks? They certainly won't let you travel with under- slung gas tanks making you drive over a camera in the road to check. I like to travel with Eurotunel as it's so easy, and Mr. TESCO covers the bill with travel vouchers.

 

[Deleted member 830]

Incorrect, they will only stop you using the tunnel if your vehicle is POWERED by LPG.

Tank for habitation use are OK as long as you can show they are switched off.

 

[Bigpeetee]

Hi Bigpeetee,

We have a Swift Escape with two 6 or 7kg Calorlite, you say you can get a bigger gas bottles in.Should I go for one unit or two,Heading of soon to europe and the system you have looks ok, any advise please.Also how can get the discount .

Regards Snowbirds.

Hi Snowbirds,

They do a range of cylinders.

PM me for the pass code

I use one refillable one and take an ordinary calor "just in case" but if I'm away and using lots of gas I refill frequently.

In summer, you shouldn't use that much unless it turns cold again!!

Have a chat with them, they're very helpful and will give you sizes, options etc. You can always connect two small refillables so they act as one.

PS, I've never used the standby cylinder!!

 

[Aunty P]

Thanks

Incorrect, they will only stop you using the tunnel if your vehicle is POWERED by LPG.

Tank for habitation use are OK as long as you can show they are switched off.

Many thanks for updating my eronious knowledge.
I'll look into these tanks then but can only fit the 6Kg size. Looks like one refillable with a standard Callor as reserve.

 

[Roadromer]

Refillable Bottles

HELLO Bigpeetee Just been reading your Info.
on Gas-it refillable bottles,sounds great . Is the discount still available, If so how do I get it?
Hope you receive this message, first time I have replied to message on this sight.
Thanks Roadromer

 

[snowbirds]

Gas it job

Hi Bigpeetee,

We had our Gas it delivered last week after your advice, delivery was great but I forgot to get the pol,propane adapter, but I ordered on line and it was sent in a couple of days later.I measured up before and had to go for the 6kg as the door on the escape was to small for the 11kg. I need to ask a question of you? Did you use ptfe tape on the compression joints or not. I have read a couple of Blog's on line and some say don't use White ptfe, only yellow? others say just nip up with nothing. How did you do it.Got the discount as well thank's for your help.

Snowbirds.

I got fed up constantly supplying Calor with lots of money for a small amount of gas.

I was tempted to buy a gas refill adapter, and whilst confident in the use of such an appliance was always worried about insurance and petrol attendant issues.

I looked at all the alternatives and after a meeting with Gas-It have arranged a discount for Wildcamping FULL MEMBERS ONLY

GAS IT Refillable Leisure Gas Tanks Solutions & Solar Energy Products for Motorhomes and Caravans by FES Autogas Ltd

Firstly my claim of refillable in 10 mins:

I measured my gas cabinet and found that I could get an 11Kg Gas-It bottle in the same space as my existing 6Kg Calor.

I ordered the 11Kg bottle with an indicator, on bottle fill bayonet with 80% cutoff and a vapour tank to regulator adapter.

As a member of Wildcamping I also received FREE a set of adapters, French/Italian to UK and an Acme to Uk all in a nice bag to keep them warm and safe. In addition they also bundle a can of gas leak detector.

P&P is free to mainland UK.

The Bottle fill bayonet and regulator adapter are fitted by them in the factory so all you have to do is disconnect your old gas bottle, remove and replace with the Gas-It bottle, refix regulator and you're ready to go and get filled. I've left my old 6Kg bottle as standby just to see if I need it.

10 mins: this included unwrapping, photos and installation

Full Members can get the add ons of adaptersx2, bag and gas leak for free if they order at least 1 bottle or tank. To do this they must Private message me for a code to get the freebies.

Obviously this is my solution to my problem, they have all the usual gas connectors to be installed in the bodywork and can work to give you a solution for you.

The cost? A total of £145.68 including P&P

View attachment 4217
As it arrived

View attachment 4218View attachment 4219View attachment 4220View attachment 4221



I've a little of minor jiggling so that the regulator doesn't have such a tight fit, but it did start pouring down and I ran inside!!

NB. I have nothing at all to do with Gas-It but have tried to get additional benefits for the members of this fraternity!!​

 

[groyne]

I have read a couple of Blog's on line and some say don't use White ptfe, only yellow? others say just nip up with nothing. How did you do it.

I fitted the Gas it system and just nipped up the joints, no PTFE. After a trip round France via the Tunnel (Uk side did check that I'd disconnected the bottle) all joints still gas tight.

 

[snowbirds]

Gas job

Hi Groyne,

Thanks mate, Great help, I thought it might be OK but I didn't want blow the BP Garage up, You'r only supposed to blow the Bloody doors off

Regards Snowbirds.

I fitted the Gas it system and just nipped up the joints, no PTFE. After a trip round France via the Tunnel (Uk side did check that I'd disconnected the bottle) all joints still gas tight.

 

[Teutone]

Hi Bigpeetee,

We have a Swift Escape with two 6 or 7kg Calorlite, you say you can get a bigger gas bottles in.Should I go for one unit or two,Heading of soon to europe and the system you have looks ok, any advise please.Also how can get the discount .

Regards Snowbirds.

I opted for one 13kg bottle = 20 liters of gas. I roughly use 2 liters max per day and run the fridge 24hrs on gas, the hot water boiler for 2-3 hours and the heater through the night.

I picked the 13kg bottle because you can add a little LED gauge on the inside of the MH to see when gas is running low. Don't know if the smaller bottles accept these gauges.

 

[snowbirds]

It's a gas

Hi teutone,

I had to go for the 6kg refillable to get it in the door on the Escape, but it does take two, so have the other Calor lite for back up and can double up later.

Regards Snowbirds.

I opted for one 13kg bottle = 20 liters of gas. I roughly use 2 liters max per day and run the fridge 24hrs on gas, the hot water boiler for 2-3 hours and the heater through the night.

I picked the 13kg bottle because you can add a little LED gauge on the inside of the MH to see when gas is running low. Don't know if the smaller bottles accept these gauges.

 

[Teutone]

I rang them a while back and asked.

You can't drive with LPG powered cars because eurotunnel doesn't think that paying for the extra insurance and the risk assesment is worth it for just a few LPG powered cars. Nothing to do with safety whatsoever. Just a commercial decision.

Even with your LPG tank empty and you are running on petrol you can't enter because of this. Not even with your tank empty and DISCONNECTED.

But they want HGV's, Busses, Campers etc so they carried out risk assessment and all the paperwork etc.

 

[Teutone]

Not sure if it came across, I try again.

this has NOTHING to do with safety of LPG. Eurotunnel just didn't cough up the cash for the insurance and required risk assesment.

Their house --> their rules. As easy as that

I guess it's so strict to discourage some "clever" people with "disconnected" tanks to enter despite having some concealed pipes running etc

 

[Teutone]

I am sure you have some sort of insurance for whatever yourself.

what is going to happen if you want something else insured??? Correct, thy want MORE money. Doesn't matter if it makes sense or if there is no risk (god help if there is a high risk --> LOADS more insurance)

A risk assessment is just a process to check stuff, don't let the word RISK take over. The result of a risk assessment can well be that there is NO RISK.

Just slip into the shoes of Eurotunnel for a moment.

-- need to pay for risk assesment plus need to pay insurance = xxxx£'s
-- money coming in from LPG using customers = yyyy£'s
yyyy£'s minus xxxx£'s = not enough profit

What would your decision be?

If half of Europe and UK is suddenly driving LPG powered cars and the tunnel is loosing out because everybody is using the ferries, guess what will happen.....

 

[Deleted member 26362]

Hi all, has anyone used this system recently. I'm about to place an order for an under slung tank. I spoke to them just before Christmas but didn't ask about the discount. Not the easiest website to find what you want but they recommended a fitter not too far from me.

I visited the fitter yesterday and he measured up and gave me a shopping list and can fit it in a day.

It would be good to hear from anyone who's had a system fitted before I place the order.

Daiboy

 

[ivecotrucker]

Hi Daiboy, how's your diffodals ?

I presume the "Gasit" system is virtually/actually the same as "Gas low", it looks the same from photos. We have an internal Gaslow tank, 11L, no probs filling up anywhere UK/Italy but Spain appears to have few/none Autogas outlets (we use a Spanish exchange cylinder 'acquired' on our travels,same as Calor but different fittings). If you plan on using Eurotunnel best check with them re: underslung tanks (stress it is for cooking/heating, NOT propulsion). They don't have a problem with smaller capacity internal re-fillable gas tanks but I believe they do have a limit on tank capacity (I know they do but I can't remember their size limit). I haven't read all the previous posts, I saw your moniker & thought I'd reply so maybe other posters have covered this. Regards also from your compatriot Mrs Iveco & for your recovery. Cheers Boyo.

 

[Spinny]

Refillable gas bottles update

HI Update from Portugal
just thought i would let you know that you can refill LPG it's GPL in europe very cheaply to fill my 11 litre bottle cost 8 euros that's 0.73 cents litre i am now in Portugal Jan 2013 I am having to refill once a week due to the weather it has not stopped raining so need the heating on in the evenings as well as using for cooking and hot water so cheap can't complain some garages are not self service but most are we just attache the adapter you can buy it all over Portugal no problems at all Spain you are not allowed to refill these bottles we were told France would be ok but we did not stop there this time so don't know
We also got rid of the Calor and fixed the gasflow bottle ourselves worth every penny we are thinking of getting a second bottle
The weather here is harendous continuous rain and gale force winds we could do with an Ark we are going to head south hope it will be dryer we are here for two half months going back to Lincolnshire end of Feb
bye
Eddie :camper:

 

[Edward B]

Hi all, has anyone used this system recently. I'm about to place an order for an under slung tank. I spoke to them just before Christmas but didn't ask about the discount. Not the easiest website to find what you want but they recommended a fitter not too far from me.

I visited the fitter yesterday and he measured up and gave me a shopping list and can fit it in a day.

It would be good to hear from anyone who's had a system fitted before I place the order.

Daiboy

Yes I have just fitted this system.

I had 2 x 6kg calor bottles fitted and replaced these with 1 x 11kg 'Gasit' bottle. I have installed the bottle in the locker (which then leaves me extra storage space in there) and connected it to an external filler on the outside of the van. Fitting was easy peasy, almost as simple as fitting a calor bottle to the regulator. The most difficult part was working out exactly where to cut the hole in the bodywork of the van (you only get one chance at this). Once this was cut with a cheap holesaw set it was simply a matter of fitting the pipe between the bottle and the filler, then reconnecting my original regulator back on. Total cost was £167.00 delivered. Discount was either money off the kit or free european adaptors. This set however was only the two for most of Europe but not the new one for Spain. I had to pay extra for that one. After PMing Bigpeetee (big thanks to him for that) I rang up Gasit explaining my plan and they went through my order to check that I was getting all the correct items. When I had finished I drove up to Newton Stewart to the only filling station with lpg around here which also happened to be the dearest and filled it from empty to auto stop at full and it cost £17.00. Considering the 2 x Calor bottles at £20 each thats £40 for 12kg against £17 for 11kg, half price.

Prior to commencing this plan I had read a lot of conflicting reports about the legality of self filling, also the atitude of a lot of filling station staff towards self fill so decided on this plan which should also eliminate any problems on that front. Also it will hopefully solve the problem of how to buy gas abroad. I have downloaded an app with POIs for LPG stations around France and Spain (which is hopefully my first venture abroad in the van in early march for a couple of months), there seem to be enough so long as I keep an eye on the gauge and fill up whenever I am near an LPG station.

I think this is probably the best mod I have done to the van.

I hope that I have attached a couple of pics (if I have done it correctly)



This I think is one of the best mods that I have done to the van

 

[Deleted member 26362]

Thank you all for your great replies, this site is brilliant for this kind of info.

Hi Mike and Mrs Iveco Trucker (Helen) my diffodals and the knee are doing well despite the lousy weather, how's the shoulder?

After your reply to my post I checked the Channel Tunnel website and found that the maximum amount of LPG that was acceptable was 47kg. This includes all gas in both fixed and removable cylinders. They insist that the gas supply is switched off during voyages and it is therefore necessary to have all isolating valves in an accessible/visible location as they insist they will check before boarding is allowed.

I've decided on a 40 litre under slung Gas-it system with a 6kg Calorlite plumbed into this system just in case (it will also allow me to remove the Calor bottle to run BBQ and Cadac). The company fitting it all for me are also fitting an external BBQ point and obviously an external fill point. They're only a short drive away from me and all the stuff is being delivered direct to them.

Allowing for 80% fill rate to Gas-it this should mean I can carry about 22kgs of gas, enough for quite a few alfresco Welsh Cakes even on a cold weekend.

Hope to see you soon

Dai