Refillable LPG Bottles,worth the risk?

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st3v3 said:
Surely it's another example of someone (Morrisons) over-reacting and banning something without actually thinking it through?
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Next time you are in a Shell garage filling your LPG system, take the time to read the big notice near the Pump. It explains that you are not allowed to fill any kind of bottle OF ANY TYPE. The fact that many of us have done so in the past does not mean a knee jerk reaction by anybody if or when you are stopped doing it. Strictly speaking, it should never have been allowed in the first place.

And may I remind you that the Trade name 'Autogas' is used by the joint venture between Shell and Calor. Although I did hear that somebody has bought out the Shell half, which means that at some point Shell may remove all LPG pumps (as BP seems to be doing).
 
midnight said:
1. Purpose of the Refill Agreement Charge

In consideration for the Refill Agreement Charge, the Company agrees to refill the Calor Cylinder(s) (“Cylinder(s)”) included in your order with supplies of CALOR gas (“Gas”) during the currency of this Agreement. The Company will fulfill its obligation to refill the Cylinder by providing the User with a pre-filled Cylinder in exchange for the empty Cylinder, but reserves the right to refill the Cylinder by any other means. A Cylinder(s) can only be exchanged for a similar replacement refill Cylinder(s) within the same category as the current Cylinder(s), otherwise a new Agreement is required. Please see our exchange policy for further details about exchanging Cylinder(s).

Now I wonder what they mean.
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I think it means they're a tad worried about losing money.
 
rambling rosie said:
I think it means they're a tad worried about losing money.
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Or maybe it just means that they will give you a replacement full cylinder, if they have one, or refill your current cylinder if they don't and have the facility to?
 
2cv said:
I wonder what became of the former members posting on that thread.
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Still here without so much as a singed eyebrow but as I only have 40 years experience dealing with gases, I tend to leave the comments to the experts.

Only heard of a few incidents with LPG but thousands with vehicles so maybe we should fill our cylinders but leave our vans at home safely on the drive as it is far too dangerous to take them on the road.

Richard
 
Just fitted a Gas It 11kg refillable got it from Avon auto gas Bedminster Bristol
Good price £153 for the 11kg bottler and the gas locker kit so no need to drill holes in the van walls. Price was with 10% discount for collecting and paying cash.
First fill was at asda patchway for £10.27 just short of the 80% cut off,well pleased as my last 6 kg cost £23 so basically twice as much lpg for less than half the price of the 6 kg.
System very easy to safely fit, won't be long before I recoup the cost now that we are using the van a lot more on the "Adventure before dementia tour" it's brill this retirement, only a month into and having a great time no need to worry about time.
 
hextal said:
These types of issue are always contentious, I suspect in no small part to the fact that there are 2 somewhat competing schools of thought.

The first being that there will always be an, albeit small, hardcore group of cretins that love finding ways to hurt themselves, and those around them. As such, and if for no other reason than protecting those around them, legislation is required to limit the likelihood of them doing this.

On the flip side is the argument along the lines of "why should the majority of the people have to essentially be penalised on account of the odd cretin".

From my point of view they are both valid points..
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And I suspect that they are contentious because there's usually an incompetent busybody online who starts name-calling.
 
Edina said:
The reality is that a group of people have worked their way through the education system and, after years of training and experience in their field of expertise, have recognised the dangers involved with lpg and made their findings known in the form of warning messages.
For anyone to ignore those messages, because some mate says you can get an adaptor cheap off ebay, is putting the lives and well being of other people at risk.

I know from my experience in the engineering industry that you’ll always get people who know better than the experts with their safety warnings; you can usually recognise these people by their missing finger or crushed foot, but ‘no bugger’s gonna tell them what to do’.

To sum up - if you want to play with lpg, do it on your own in the middle of a field, not on a garage forecourt where the next car may contain my grandkids.
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As a responsible grandparent I'd never take my grandkids there anyway! Shame on you for doing so sir

Woman sets car on fire at petrol station after using a lighter to peer into tank | Europe | News | The Independent!!!
 
hextal said:
Don't be so hard on yourself:lol-053:
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You're the one who's obviously incompetent. 2 litres =1 kg. Empty your bottle and fill it with twice the litres of the weight it carries in kg. What could be simpler?

(Apart from yourself)
 
campervanannie said:
so your out with your grankids fuel is getting low so you leave them at the side of the motoway or road while you go fill up yeah right
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Don't get low. Fill up before you leave. Unless you want them fried of course. My car does about 600 miles and the van about the same on a full tank, that's quite a jaunt to be taking kids on!
Oh, and guess what? Motorway services actually have cafés to dump them in.
 
KuyaAndAte said:
What was that about name calling? :lol-049:
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Omg, another dumb lad. The point was that these posts get contentious because somebody invariably STARTS insulting people.
Then, quite rightly, they get it back.

Comprendre?
 
rambling rosie said:
Don't get low. Fill up before you leave. Unless you want them fried of course. My car does about 600 miles and the van about the same on a full tank, that's quite a jaunt to be taking kids on!
Oh, and guess what? Motorway services actually have cafés to dump them in.
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bet pedophiles love you easy access to your dumped grandkids thats novel when i am out with mine they are never out of my site filling up or not.
 
I'm still giggling about the fact that the word 'cretin' was used when describing a minority of people that don't have any common sense and someone has taken personal offence:lol-049::lol-049::lol-049:
 
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