refillable gas

bentleysontour

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hi guys,

Bought our new motorhome and the dealer threw in two bottles of gas amongst a couple of other bits, ive found out that the gas are not refillable but the ones you have to swop. I didnt even know there was refillable gas bottles until reading this forum, well do be fair i knew jack £$%^ before before this forum lol!. anyway he's added two bottles of refillable gas, including the gas, i think he called it 'lo gas' and its £1615.00, obviously i dont know anything at all, nut does this sound about right ?

thanks
 
Two 11kg refillable at autogas Thirsk £382.00 complete with fitting kit .
 
bentleysontour said:
hi guys,

Bought our new motorhome and the dealer threw in two bottles of gas amongst a couple of other bits, ive found out that the gas are not refillable but the ones you have to swop. I didnt even know there was refillable gas bottles until reading this forum, well do be fair i knew ajack £$%^ before before this forum lol!. anyway he's added two bottles of refillable gas, including the gas, i think he called it 'lo gas' and its £1615.00, obviously i dont know anything at all, nut does this sound about right ?

thanks
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Total rip off !
Either do it yourself, £400.00 ish for twin bottle system or use a local installer who should charge approx 1/2 what you have been quoted.
Not local to you but I used these, give them a call for a price. You can overnight on their premises before / after your installation, they are experts in the field and have been used by numerous members.
Autogas Leisure 2000 Limited - Refillable Gas Solutions for Motorhomes
 
bentleysontour said:
hi guys,

Bought our new motorhome and the dealer threw in two bottles of gas amongst a couple of other bits, ive found out that the gas are not refillable but the ones you have to swop. I didnt even know there was refillable gas bottles until reading this forum, well do be fair i knew jack £$%^ before before this forum lol!. anyway he's added two bottles of refillable gas, including the gas, i think he called it 'lo gas' and its £1615.00, obviously i dont know anything at all, nut does this sound about right ?

thanks
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Don't do it, that's a rip off. You can get two 11kg aluminium refillable bottles for around £580 plus fitting. That will save you weight and money. If you want, I can post a pic of the same setup on our Carthago.
Dave
 
Yeah, wot they all said. That price sounds beyond ridiculous.

I had a refillable underslung LPG tank fitted, plus crash sensor, internal monitor and all other bits for about a third of that price. And that was by a well regarded LPG specialist that a fair few on here have used, so that wasn't a dodgy back street price.
 
Yes,I agree with all the folks that say that is too much,there is also the option of an underslung gas tank which would give you more storage space in the gas bottle locker.

I would get an aftermarket gas specialist to do the job,it will be a lot cheaper and a professional job.Autogas 2000 at Thirsk have an excellent reputation but may be too far to travel.

edit I have fourthed Autogas 2000
 
That is staggeringly expensive :scared: the dealer is seriously taking the p*ss :mad2:
 
Val54 said:
Don't do it, that's a rip off. You can get two 11kg aluminium refillable bottles for around £580 plus fitting. That will save you weight and money. If you want, I can post a pic of the same setup on our Carthago.
Dave
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I should have said ours came from Autogas too :wacko: that'll be sixth then :)
Dave
 
Another vote for Alugas and Auto2000 at Thirsk - saves a huge amount of weight on payload.
Well worth travelling and making a short break to get it fitted properly.
 
I got a single 11kg Gaslow system fitted with a filler on the side so I dont need to open the locker. £250 all in with a French / ITalian adaptor. Had it eight years now and never looked back. I decided a single one was enough as its so easy to top up. Only been caught out a couple of times when we were parked up for several weeks but I had a backup 6kg Calor which I can just replace anywhere.
 
Could he have said £615. That would be a more normal price
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£615 will buy an awful lot of calor gas, if lifting the bottles in and out is within you physical means I really dont see the point, even if you full time you would need to use a lot of gas to save the £615.

My M/h will take 2x13kg calor bottles (although I only use one alongside a 6kg backup) and a 13Kg bottle lasts about a year (about 4 months use mainly without hook up) so even though calor isnt available on the continent 26kgs of gas would last ages.

BTW in the north of Scotland bottled calor is much easier to get than refill
 
In your circumstances, I would take the 2 bottles he was going to throw in and get refillable fitted at a later date when they have run out.
 
Val54 said:
Don't do it, that's a rip off. You can get two 11kg aluminium refillable bottles for around £580 plus fitting. That will save you weight and money. If you want, I can post a pic of the same setup on our Carthago.
Dave
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Dave that would be great, as i have that same model van, it might all start to make a bit of sense to me
 
Robmac said:
In your circumstances, I would take the 2 bottles he was going to throw in and get refillable fitted at a later date when they have run out.
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YEP, Totally agree whit above...
Silly Stupid Price in my opinion IF for a standard installation !.
 
bentleysontour said:
NO definitely £1615.00 its on the invoice.....
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another vote for Autogas 2000.......
might also consider an underslung 60 litre LPG tank......
they fitted mine for under £500.
they'll advise you on the best option.....
a real pleasure to deal with them.
 
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