LPG in Iceland?????

[Deleted member 3011]

Just occurred to me.

Last time we were in Iceland for three weeks plus three days in the Faeroes plus a couple of days trying to find an autogas outlet in the north of Scotland and that was just about the end of our 32 litres of LPG. One month!!!

I don't recall seeing any cylinder exchange anywhere in Iceland although we didn't go into the capital.

This time I was intending to stay for 2 1/2 months so even with a large 11kg refillable bottle as well as the fixed tank, we aren't going to last the distance.

Be there in middle of summer so can survive without much heating and I guess we could use the occasional camping ground with EHU to extend our range a bit.

Anyone been there for an extended time and solved the problem

 

[Aikidoamigo]

I am thinking about fitting an Eberspacher type diesel converter that runs from our fuel tank, to be able to create heat etc without the need for gas.

Seems to me that this way I have security and piece of mind that should any one system run out there will always be a backup.

 

[Deleted member 3011]

Yes, Gas isn't always the optimum fuel.
My BigBus is a bit of a hybrid - Webasto diesel air heating, 24V compressor fridges from solar, LPG hot water and cooktop. No problem with supplies as all three are widely available in Australia.
The OKA - more of an expedition vehicle intended to take overseas - is all diesel. Webasto diesel cooktop and Webasto water heater with full hydronic heating and HW system. 300 litres of diesel onboard so always have plenty.

As for Iceland. Guess I could buy one of the elcheepo diesel heaters available and install it temporarily, but since we are going for longer this time I might just do less wildcamping than last time and eke out our gas supplies by buying a camping card - 99 euro for unlimited 'free' camping at 50 sites across Iceland (but have to pay extra for electricity probably), plus use the few aires that are available with free electricity, water, dump point and heated showers. Also run the fridge on 12V when travelling instead of being lazy and leaving it on gas all the time and we also have an electric heater and plug-in cooktop for when on hook-up. Could also buy a single burner camp stove and a few of those disposable cartridges just in case.


Was just one of those whoops moments when I realised that I hadn't noticed any sign of any LPG infrastructure at all when we were there and so far, my internet search confirms that they just don't have it. Probably one of the very few places on earth that doesn't