genny or hook up calor or refillable

[Byronic]

Considering the amount of time I've spent in Maroc and Dubai, my Arabic is rudimentary, but every little helps.
And Llanito is only 70% Spanish..... que lastima.
Why not take the Bongo if you can only get away for a shortish time?

 

[vwalan]

decided iwould have to come back end of january .not a good time to be travelling north and cold when i get home. might not even be nice through spain. plus have to use portsmouth . so winter here . be a lovely change ,i hope. make me aphreciate next winter away anyway.

 

[freespirits]

The icampingcar guide is generally in pictorial form, thought it was encouragement to learn a little French!!

we have dictionary and phrase books so intend to learn a bit everywhere, love to speak a foreign language, but dont forget, the business world revolves in the english language. lol. money talks hehehhee

 

[freespirits]

hi ,byronics idea is a good one. i use the french book camping car le monde version. its good to learn another language.french /spanish /arabic /german. cant expect the world to speak english. saves a fortune if you buy them in france. geta french dictionary as well. you know it makes sense.

yepp, your right it does make sence.. anyway g/f speaks quite well so we shall be ok.. now another thing, have you or anyone else heard about being gassed whilst asleep and robbed? someone told me a friend had been gassed etc, is this right or fantasy?thanks guys.... were coming!!!!!!!!:lol-053:

 

[freespirits]

decided iwould have to come back end of january .not a good time to be travelling north and cold when i get home. might not even be nice through spain. plus have to use portsmouth . so winter here . be a lovely change ,i hope. make me aphreciate next winter away anyway.

hey cant wait to catch sight of your vehicle mate lol. looks fab...

 

[vwalan]

hi, unfortunately not this year. itsbeen around along time now 11yrs. was pulled by a vw lt50 before the mitsubishi.
as for gassing . lets just leave that myth alone better talking filling gas bottles or using a frames . or drinking water. or toilets exploding thats a good one.
i,m sure weshall meet one day. cant remember the last winter i haventmet byronic . seems like ages ago. like wise many on here ,you know who you are. quite a nice travelling family out there. you can be in the middle of nowhere and someone from here turns up garranteed.have lots fun all of you think of me here in lovely uk.

 

[Byronic]

yepp, your right it does make sence.. anyway g/f speaks quite well so we shall be ok.. now another thing, have you or anyone else heard about being gassed whilst asleep and robbed? someone told me a friend had been gassed etc, is this right or fantasy?thanks guys.... were coming!!!!!!!!:lol-053:

Gassing...... I'm taking the risk that you didn't ask this as a wind up,' no pun intended! Nevertheless it seems to be quite a worry issue to some.

This subject has been discussed on other forums ad nauseum. From what I can gather there are no substantiated first hand experience of this. Plenty of anecdotal tales, as told to the Daily Mail eg.
Even 5th columnist types attempting to put people off wildcamping.

What I can say is that I did read what looked like an authentic report from a professional anaesthetist, who stated that to gass someone in a M/home was nigh on impossible, and to do it so as not to kill anyone took a high level of expertise, not an attribute likely to be possessed by many highwaymen. No reports of deaths so you can extrapolate your own conclusions.

I suppose you are aware that the motorways around Barcelona are arguably the most risky in Western Europe as regards M/homer robberies. Albeit by more conventional methods, so thats all right then!!

 

[Byronic]

as for gassing . lets just leave that myth alone better talking filling gas bottles or using a frames . or drinking water. or toilets exploding thats a good one.
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No Alan you're only part right. I've known quite a few people with dangerous gassing equipment usually sourced from a strong curry and a beer, sometimes resulting in an exploding toilet cassette.

 

[vwalan]

you may be correct. best to stay away from the coast in spain much safer inland. or in portugal .never hear of gassing there.

 

[lebesset]

freespirits , I first heard the gassing story over 20 years ago , never known of a case .....I suspect that most people are making use of the cheaper alcohol ; I related the story to an anaesthatist of my acquaintance who presumed that this was because they found dead bodies ; when I told him there hadn't been any he just laughed and said that unfortunately even under hospital conditions people die

glad you found some regulators in the shed ...presuming that one of these fits the 4.5Kg calor butane dumpy [ suggest you check ] you have just saved a few euro's ! but do check the neoprene washer is in good nick and replace if necessary ...might also be a good time to check the soft rubber hose between the regulator and the copper pipe ...they don't last for ever !

 

[freespirits]

freespirits , I first heard the gassing story over 20 years ago , never known of a case .....I suspect that most people are making use of the cheaper alcohol ; I related the story to an anaesthatist of my acquaintance who presumed that this was because they found dead bodies ; when I told him there hadn't been any he just laughed and said that unfortunately even under hospital conditions people die

glad you found some regulators in the shed ...presuming that one of these fits the 4.5Kg calor butane dumpy [ suggest you check ] you have just saved a few euro's ! but do check the neoprene washer is in good nick and replace if necessary ...might also be a good time to check the soft rubber hose between the regulator and the copper pipe ...they don't last for ever !

ha, thought as much regarding the gassing, anyway, yes the reg does fit the 4.5 kg dumpy, and ive connected it and tested for leaks etc, all good, changing back to calor tomorrow to empty that, get a full one but not connect it, its now my reserve, im going to use whats in the dumpy and when thats empty get a Spanish one which i now assume will fit as itll have the same type of connection as my dumpy. yes ? if so happy days, its got new hose to copper and ill check washer tomorrow too, thanks for your invaluable help. Steve

 

[vwalan]

hi you will need the spanish clip on to uk dumpy adapter . easy aquired in the fereteria. but do make sure its a straight through.
sounds more complicated than it reall y is all this gas malarky.

 

[lebesset]

no < as alan says spanish bottles have a clip on regulator so you will have to buy one in the feretteria or supermarket { or the garage ?} and push the rubber hose on to that

they also sell a straight through adaptor on to which you screw your dumpy regulator < that@s what i use < but they are much more difficult to find < you will probably have to find the repsol gas agent office to get one of those as most feretterias don@t sell them < mind you you could always take in your dumpy regulator to see if one is available < they are called adaptadors not hard to translate !

 

[vwalan]

hi, i bought one in leroymerlin a hardwhare supermarketthis year. i have also had them from fereteria,s . cost abot 8-11 euro. i thought its worth having a spare . mind BES can also supply them here in uk i believe.

 

[freespirits]

no < as alan says spanish bottles have a clip on regulator so you will have to buy one in the feretteria or supermarket { or the garage ?} and push the rubber hose on to that

they also sell a straight through adaptor on to which you screw your dumpy regulator < that@s what i use < but they are much more difficult to find < you will probably have to find the repsol gas agent office to get one of those as most feretterias don@t sell them < mind you you could always take in your dumpy regulator to see if one is available < they are called adaptadors not hard to translate !

As alan says all this gas malarky isnt as complicated as it sounds, i also have a clip on reg from an old gas fire that took the big blue bottles, im also going to get one of those adapters they sell on ebay, 27 quid i think, these are used to fill the red bottles, im trying to cover all the bases, lol. ill get by whatever, im quite able to sort things one way or another. thanks everyone for the input.im off to read some threads as theres lots of useful info on here.

 

[freespirits]

Hi, i fitted Gasflow in my camper and it has been brillant it saves on taking different bottles etc. Ok it is expensive to get fitted but i would not be without it. :wave::wave:I am new at all this but last year i decided to do exactly the same as you and loved every minute especilly Portugal ,i leave again in december. there are a lot of places in France and Portugal to fill the the bottles up with GPL. Spain did not seem to be so organized but that was only North and middle.I live most of the time in France nr Anger so i can tell you that most of the aires etc are great with no problems.call in on your way down if you like free parking he he......

might just do that... met a French guy over here, also invited us to his place to park up for as long as we like, free. top man...

 

[northernspirit2001]

What??!

take 2 calor bottles,when first is empty,dump it by a bin and find a local bottle and regulator,keeping the other calor for back up. 2 batteries and a panel are good but worth having a small genny for times you may need it.these are big spaces and i rarely found myself near enough to anyone to worry about the noise.

Dump an LPG bottle by a bin! Thats wrong for so many reasons!

I have a genny but keep it at home for power cuts, the motorhome alternator works fine for emergency top up of leisure batteries

 

[Channa]

As alan says all this gas malarky isnt as complicated as it sounds, i also have a clip on reg from an old gas fire that took the big blue bottles, im also going to get one of those adapters they sell on ebay, 27 quid i think, these are used to fill the red bottles, im trying to cover all the bases, lol. ill get by whatever, im quite able to sort things one way or another. thanks everyone for the input.im off to read some threads as theres lots of useful info on here.

They say idiots are easily parted with their money , but in your case it seems life ?

Big Blues and reds pretty colours I am sure.

" I think and useful info " is not exacty inspiring in terms of your competence.

I am off to read threads lots of useful info on here .....................well that has really inspired me.

Sorry mate but this degree of arrogance will bring about even more restrictive legislation as to what you can and cant do.


Buy as many adaptors off fleabay at
27 euros a throw you want, Your post clearly shows at best an ineptitude to use them.

Dont play with what you dont understand implicitely, stick to social work teaching etc.....whatever you do ,bu tclearly not gas

Channa