Help please, run out of calor gas in France

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We are currently in Cordes-sur-Ciel and have run out of calor, does anyone know if I can get refills or is someone near by I can buy a bottle of please.
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Sorry but you are stuffed trying to buy one of those cylinders in France!

Your best bet will be to buy yourself one of the other makes over there along with the correct regulator.

It is the major problems associated with buying replacement cylinders which saw me installing a refillable one.
 
Millie Master said:
Sorry but you are stuffed trying to buy one of those cylinders in France!

Your best bet will be to buy yourself one of the other makes over there along with the correct regulator.

It is the major problems associated with buying replacement cylinders which saw me installing a refillable one.
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Thanks both,
I haven’t got a problem with changing the regulator if it’s ok to use the gas over here.
Any suggestions where to get it from please?
Thanks
 
My one bottle is a calor lite bottle, I don’t suppose that will help tho?
Thanks
 
Run out of Gas

Hi, this happened to us. Witzend told us what to do, which was to go to an Intermarche supermarket and buy their own brand of gas. The deposit is on the bottle is only about a euro. We had to fill out a form we just put our home address on et viola! We had gas. We only carry two Intermarche gas bottles all the time now, we dont have English at all. There are far more Intermarches than the other big supermarkets. Be very careful, as the butane and propane gas bottles are the same colour. At first we by mistake put a butane on and it would not work the appliances in the van so always make sure it is a red top which is propane. We bought the reg from within the supermarket. I f you have an inbuilt reg you will have to bypass this with the hose quite a simple fix.
Hope this helps. PJ
 
Run out of Gas

Sorry forgot to say, their bottles are cream coloured. The average cost is between 19 to 23 euros a refill. Obviously if you have to bypass your reg you will need a jubilee clip to fit to the original copper pipe.
PJ.
 
Great help, many thanks I’ll go on the hunt tomorrow for a super market.
Many thanks for the info
 
While at the supermarket get yourself a portable gas stove and a couple of extra cannisters, perfect for boiling the kettle or one pot cooking.
 
Thanks we got one of those, it’s only for the fridge everything else is sorted via the solar.
Mrs gypo not amused that I didn’t check the gas before leaving for the ferry, I was sure we had two full bottles!
I’ll look at fitting the French regulator tomorrow.
Thanks
G
 
As pamjon said still 1€ deposit at intermarche for their own brand bottles. We only ever use their gas at those prices you,d never see your money back on refillables. They now have unattended fuel stations so its available 24-7 if you find one there maybe a empty bottle to get you started
 
Hi thanks, im guessing that the intermarche bottles are exchange bottles and you don’t refill them yourself as in refillable?
Thanks
 
Yes thats right just like calor if your lucky you may see a empty one if the stations unattended cream bottle with red label
Accueil PDV
 
Had a run around today trying to find an intermache, first one we found the road was shut to it.
Any way we just picked up a bottle, hose and a regulator and have just parked up having 5 before I install it.
The regulator was from in store it fits the bottle but says butane on it, the bar rating is fine, there were no regulators marked probane
Thanks
G
 
Run out of gas

We came across this problem, but if the bar rating is the same it should be ok. Some of their regs do both propane and butane. Mine says propane and butane and works fine.
PJ.
 
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