European gas bottle advice

if your going in the winter i would assume you’ll be going straight south in which case one ottle will get you down there to spain you won’t be hanging around & change it for repsol asap saving your english one for on the way home
 
My gas is used for heating the water, cooking and for the air blown central heating.
 
LindsayH said:
This is SO helpful, thanks! I take it this is propane? Is this the larger 13kg ish bottle? Thanks again x
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Propane and Butane comes in the same size bottle with the same threaded outlet so you can use your existing regulator with either only difference is the lable on the top its a 11 kg bottle
 
witzend said:
Propane and Butane comes in the same size bottle with the same threaded outlet so you can use your existing regulator with either only difference is the lable on the top its a 11 kg bottle
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Sorry but you're wrong, propane is a left-hand thread whereas butane is a normal right-hand thread.
 
bazzybabes said:
Sorry but you're wrong, propane is a left-hand thread whereas butane is a normal right-hand thread.
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Please Read the rest of the thread before making confusing statements its about French Intermarche own brand bottles And both Propane and Butane Have the same Threads. Where have you seen a RH tread on Butane
 
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witzend said:
Please Read the rest of the thread before making confusing statements its about French Intermarche own brand bottles And both Propane and Butane Have the same Threads
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Very sorry witzend, my mistake. Maybe would have been less confusing had you included this in your original statement.

Barry
 
bazzybabes said:
Very sorry witzend, my mistake. Maybe would have been less confusing had you included this in your original statement.

Barry
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Thats all I,ve spoke about here if you,d read the Thread you,d have seen it pic is of butane. IMG_20180923_121713912_BURST000_COVER.jpg
 
Slightly OT Lyndsay, but when I full timed I had a coleman petrol lamp , at this time of year not only does it give a cosy light but also generates enough heat from the lamp to take the chill off the air in the van and the bonus is petrol you can buy anywhere. and doubles up nicely if there is an electrical issue with batts and saves using gas

On refelection I found it incredibly useful, you can pick them up cheaply in the free ads and car boots

Channa
 
Lindsey You do not mention unless I missed it what European countries you are planning to visit.

I was in same position as you where for reasons did not want to go down the refillable route.

I managed to get German bottles and Spanish ones all 11kg. Propane
A lot of motorhomes of European manufacture will tale 1kg but not the uk ( calor )13kg size.
Got mine off ebay and gumtreee like these but not sure what these are
Propane gas bottle | eBay
and
Gas Bottle (empty) complete with regulator valve and pipe | eBay


I will get Le clerc or intermarche bottles when we next visit France, again 11kg

If you fit a 30mbar bulkhead regulator and a pigtail with the 28mm LH thread on end then you can just fit adaptors to this to fit most bottles abroad. I have a hand wheel type for uk calor fitted on the end of this for no spanner uk change overs

Recent prices if interested Repsol ( spain ) 11kg 12euro and Germany same size 37euro.

If you were going in the summer and was not going to use any heating I would say do not worry about it and just take two 6kg callor as we went nearly tree weeks on one 11kg
without using heating and we never hook up. But I know when we do Scotland and heating is needed 6kg lasts 3 days max.

As you mentioned you can carry a full uk bottle and change to foreign one as soon as poss and just use this whilst other is empty.

Gas it and Gaslow selll the adaptors and pigtails

LT Man
 
That's super helpful, thanks! I don't have a plan but maybe France, Spain and Greece. A lot depends how cold I get and how quickly! I'm not sure I'll be able to fit anything much bigger than my current 7kg bottles. I definitely don't have room for more than an extra cm or two of diameter, there is a little more flexibility on height. It would be great if I could fit a bigger one though.
I'm not quite sure why I'm worrying about this so much - people must do it all the time! I'm a bit scared of gas and so of changing a regulator and my DIY skills are rather rusty. I'm worrying about not being able to find gas bottles, managing to also buy the right regulators and change them, disposing of old bottles, being able to buy one in Spain, if they even have gas in Greece :D etc etc. I'm sure I'll be fine once I get going but it's all a little scary at the mo x

LT Man said:
Lindsey You do not mention unless I missed it what European countries you are planning to visit.

I was in same position as you where for reasons did not want to go down the refillable route.

I managed to get German bottles and Spanish ones all 11kg. Propane
A lot of motorhomes of European manufacture will tale 1kg but not the uk ( calor )13kg size.
Got mine off ebay and gumtreee like these but not sure what these are
Propane gas bottle | eBay
and
Gas Bottle (empty) complete with regulator valve and pipe | eBay


I will get Le clerc or intermarche bottles when we next visit France, again 11kg

If you fit a 30mbar bulkhead regulator and a pigtail with the 28mm LH thread on end then you can just fit adaptors to this to fit most bottles abroad. I have a hand wheel type for uk calor fitted on the end of this for no spanner uk change overs

Recent prices if interested Repsol ( spain ) 11kg 12euro and Germany same size 37euro.

If you were going in the summer and was not going to use any heating I would say do not worry about it and just take two 6kg callor as we went nearly tree weeks on one 11kg
without using heating and we never hook up. But I know when we do Scotland and heating is needed 6kg lasts 3 days max.

As you mentioned you can carry a full uk bottle and change to foreign one as soon as poss and just use this whilst other is empty.

Gas it and Gaslow selll the adaptors and pigtails

LT Man
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