Got refused filling up with Autogas with a bottle adapter

[Firefox]

In about 10 goes this was the first time I got refused.

I usually fill the bottle inside the back doors of the van but had the bad luck some chap from the filling station walking around in a high viz emptying the bins saw what I was doing and said it was only allowed with fixed tanks. I did point out that the tank was "fixed" (with a strap), and he did agree it was safe but still against their license. So, no LPG for me. I just went 20 miles down the road and filled at another service station!

I may well put my spare bottle inside a wooden housing so nobody can see one way or the other and then my refill system would be bullet proof. Even better would be a flap on the body like an EHU point so I can fill without even opening the doors. Then it just looks like a normal LPG tank fill.

 

[fishy & Nina]

In about 10 goes this was the first time I got refused.

I usually fill the bottle inside the back doors of the van but had the bad luck some chap from the filling station walking around in a high viz emptying the bins saw what I was doing and said it was only allowed with fixed tanks. I did point out that the tank was "fixed" (with a strap), and he did agree it was safe but still against their license. So, no LPG for me. I just went 20 miles down the road and filled at another service station!

I may well put my spare bottle inside a wooden housing so nobody can see one way or the other and then my refill system would be bullet proof. Even better would be a flap on the body like an EHU point so I can fill without even opening the doors. Then it just looks like a normal LPG tank fill.

I assume that this was in the UK............

If so was it a private filling station, a known chain or a supermarket? Might be useful for reference.

 

[al n sal]

shell dont like refillable bottles and adapters, think they have signs up. actually think most autogas outlets have the signs. if seen most will stop......

 

[Firefox]

It was at Birchanger Green Services, near Stanstead on the M11, though I don't really think it matters where; if they catch you they won't like it. That applies pretty much anywhere. But I reckon if I went there again I'd be OK.

That station has a very short LPG hose, so I had to move the van so it was exactly next to the back doors so I could reach the bottle. That may have drawn attention.

 

[Deleted member 3011]

Is the bottle in a separate ventilated gas locker or just strapped to the wall inside the living space?

 

[Firefox]

It's in a separated ventilated gas locker remote from the living space normally, but the hose won't reach to there so I take the spare bottle out of that and strap the empty bottle inside the back doors for filling.

I'll just construct an external filling point with a flap and then they won't know the difference.

 

[groyne]

For the amount of work and extra cost, just fit an external fill point. I did and I've only got a 6kg bottle.

 

[Kontiki]

I have an Autogas refillable bottle with the filling point fixed inside the gas locker, I also have my 6kg calorlite bottle in the same locker & I can fit the filling adapter for this bottle before I go in to fill up.