No Gaslow or Health & Safety vigilantes.REFILLING PROPANE

rickboy

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Has anyone been successful in decanting the last knockings of gas from one cylinder into another or refilling a smaller cylinder from a fuller and or larger one.
I always seem to end up with big cylinders with small amounts of gas in.

I do not want to go down the Gaslow,fixed tank route but retain max flexability for foreign gas cylnder use which is usually cheap enough and I have some adaptors.

I have seen a large cylinder suspended upside down with a hose connected to a cylinder below.As far as my translation could understand "it takes a while but gravity does the trick ." Or was the trick on me????

Obviously you need high presure hose with good connections(Not just hose clips) and cylinders with shut offs.

My quest for you experience please.

Do the cylinders just equalize in pressure.Or does the head of pressure force more into the lower cylinder.

How much "Head" does it take ,1/2 mtr , 1mtr , more? And how long in time?

I guess its easy enough to plast the air out of the connecting hose but what about the gas in the lower cylinder?
Would that be able to bubble up the connector into the upper cylinder?


THIS IS NOT FOR THE FEINT HEARTED OF YOU /ITS MORE 3rd WORLD EXPERIENCE ,KNOWLEDGE I AM LOOKING FOR.

Caravan Club members do not concern yourselfs with this type of thing.

PLEASE PLEASE DON'T GO INTO GENERATOR ,GAS FILLING ADAPTOR MODE!!
JUST YOUR EXPERIENCE IF YOU HAVE ANY ,NOT A SERMON.

Thanks Guys and Gals
 
VWAlan's your man. You might have just missed him though, try a p.m. ;)
 
Go ahead and do what you want.

Been nice knowing you

ps; can I have your boots
 
My boots? Could you fill them??

Note .I am asking if anyone else has done it first!!!
Before I try. I am brave not stupid, and yes you can have my boots and shoes if you wish. Size 9 1/2 ,44
 
A Propane bottle must be kept in the upright position at all times when in use ie: when the valve has been opened.

If this is not complied with, it is not a case of Health and Safety but a case of utter stupidity. If anyone says they do it then best of luck to them. I have seen the results of accidents with industrial gases. If they had, then they would change their minds.
 
No.

I'll take that as a "no" then for the job as as my assistant.

Thanks for your input.
 
rickboy said:
THIS IS NOT FOR THE FEINT HEARTED OF YOU /ITS MORE 3rd WORLD EXPERIENCE ,KNOWLEDGE I AM LOOKING FOR.

Caravan Club members do not concern yourselfs with this type of thing.

PLEASE PLEASE DON'T GO INTO GENERATOR ,GAS FILLING ADAPTOR MODE!!
JUST YOUR EXPERIENCE IF YOU HAVE ANY ,NOT A SERMON.

Thanks Guys and Gals
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I suggest you ask someone in the third world then.
I wouldn't waste my time

Big Trev.
 
TBH mate gas is cheap, Apart from heating in the winter which you use perhaps every other weekend (full timers different). Even buying gas in red bottles is not that expensve that I would bother with this agro or risk. You could blow yourself up for the price of a pint of beer.
 
Ive heard of this before.

One of my caravanning customers (im a roofer) told me he puts the bottle upside down on a bench and fills up the gas bottle below - obvously requiring two adaptors and some hose.

I think he only does it when he goes abroad to keep gas levels high i.e he dosnt want to run out.

Hopefully someone else will know a little more....

Craig
 
Mmm, a mate of mine used to refill his van with bottled gas if he "found" a spare bottle. He used to have the donor bottle upside down so that he was transferring liquid rather than gas. When I pointed out that he would only transfer it until the pressure equalised, he said that that was when he would tip hot water over the donor bottle to expand the gas in the bottle and chase the rest of the LPG out. He said he was shown how to do it by a gas fitter.:confused:
 
yes, yes.. thats what the chap said pooring hot water over - its just come back to me!

Craig
 
Does it work? - Yes
Have I seen it done? - Yes
Would I suggest it to anyone - NO!

AndyC
 
Not on subject, but went to collect a car chassis from a yard. Forklift was out of gas and owner could not slacken off regulator. Came out with a blow torch and heated head of cylinder to slacken off.

I was at the gates peering round a corner waiting for the big bang.

Have not heard of what the OP inquires of being done, but you never no.
 
Real Man!!!

Now he sounds like a real man ,just the sort to ask.You don't find many
Namby Pamby breakers do you.
 
Was once on a campsite where the guy next to me tried to do this. He ended up filling the air around us with gas, frightened the rest of us to death and nearly ended up with the two cylinders rammed where the sun don't shine. If you think you can do better, you are free to try but don't do it anywhere near a McLouis Glen 690G or I might emerge and politely tell you all this in person.
 
John H said:
Was once on a campsite where the guy next to me tried to do this. He ended up filling the air around us with gas, frightened the rest of us to death and nearly ended up with the two cylinders rammed where the sun don't shine. If you think you can do better, you are free to try but don't do it anywhere near a McLouis Glen 690G or I might emerge and politely tell you all this in person.
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Good for you , I dont think I would be polite.

A subliminal pressure is my van is my home, someone damages it not bricks and mortar to return too.

A pressure of fulltiming, often forgotten.

Channa
 
I think this is pretty easy to do.

A chap I know did this, decanting a 15KG into a 32 kg.
It wasnt the decanting that took the time but scraping his remains, what few there was, from the ruins of his nearby workshop.

I have run a fleet of LPG vans for 15 years, and with a 1 ton LPG tank, its very safe. Probably safer that petrol. I have gone down the Gaslow route, and use their bottles in my MH, for the BBQ and even in the super Ser portable heaters. I even replaced my acetylene bottle for one. [Now acetylene, that does go with a big bang...] If you follow the rules, its ok [enter common sense here] and can save a fortune. With the low cost of the Gaslow bottle and accessories, messing around with part filled bottles to save a few quid, 'aint worth the risk or giving your nearest and dearest a messy job to do. Forget it and stay alive.
 
Volatile

You folks are more volatile than propane.I only asked if anyone had any experience of this.
This is WILD CAMPING isn't it ?
Do you guys all wear safety goggles to read the paper and a waterproof apron to drink a cuppa?
 
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