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Title: What size Gas Bottle do you use
Post by: gary evans on September 23, 2013, 10:36:58 am: Hi All

Ive got the L5 Heater & Ive been using a 6kilo propane cylinder, just wondering what other people use is there any regs I should be considering.
Got local company offering a good deal to swap to 11k bottles.

Thanks in advance

Gary
Title: Re: What size Gas Bottle do you use
Post by: dannymack on September 23, 2013, 01:15:26 pm: Gary I use 13kg but the bigger the bottle the longer it lasts and the dearer it cost lol !!! All down to own preference really if you got space in van for bigger bottle then go for bigger 😳
Title: Re: What size Gas Bottle do you use
Post by: richard jagger on September 23, 2013, 01:16:40 pm: Check the price its cheaper for gas in the larger bottles.
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Post by: S.W. Window Cleaning on September 23, 2013, 01:21:52 pm: Any idea how much it costs on gas for an average 3 bed house? Is diesel cheaper?
Cheers,
Steve
Title: Re: What size Gas Bottle do you use
Post by: dannymack on September 23, 2013, 01:51:27 pm: That's where you are wrong Smithie as refilling a 13 kg bottle is going to be cheaper than filling a 19 kg bottle now come on use ya Savy lol !!!
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Post by: Small but perfectley formed on September 23, 2013, 02:26:41 pm: its cheaper per kg for the 19kg than a 13kg
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Post by: bobplum on September 23, 2013, 02:42:41 pm: can you get 19kg in propane, everywhere i go its 13 kg
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Post by: dannymack on September 23, 2013, 02:57:01 pm: Yes Bobski you can get any size m8 in propane I'd of thought !!!
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Post by: South Window Cleaning Ltd on September 23, 2013, 04:24:26 pm: 11kg or 13kg propane (i use the green patio gas bottles as they have a gauge on the side so you can sse how much gas you have left)
Title: Re: What size Gas Bottle do you use
Post by: dannymack on September 23, 2013, 05:10:53 pm: Can you use the green one in the freezing cold like you can the propane as I know the blue butane freezes up don't it ?
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Post by: Richard Shepherd on September 23, 2013, 05:15:45 pm: 19KG were costing me £23 per refill in February this year, one bottle was lasting between 5 and 6 weeks.

Butane does not burn as hot as propane, therefore you will be using more butane than propane for the same heat.

Also the L5 heater is classed as a propane fuelled water heater not butane.
Title: Re: What size Gas Bottle do you use
Post by: gary evans on September 23, 2013, 05:28:43 pm: Hi All

Thanks for, just concerned on size for vehicle regs.

Have settled for a 10kilo size, much bigger than the 6 but compressed into a smaller bottle.

Gary
Title: Re: What size Gas Bottle do you use
Post by: dannymack on September 23, 2013, 05:54:33 pm: Cheers for the info Rich, that's cheap I pay £25 to refill a 13kg bottle down here in East London you know the rip off city lol !!!
Title: Re: What size Gas Bottle do you use
Post by: richard jagger on September 23, 2013, 06:09:34 pm: That's where you are wrong Smithie as refilling a 13 kg bottle is going to be cheaper than filling a 19 kg bottle now come on use ya Savy lol !!!
Are you brain damaged mate its logical 13kg will be cheaper than 19kg buts its less gas. ,but per kilo of gas bigger bottles are cheaper. The green is also propane I know a good doctoer can hepl you mate.
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I am off to A & E my fff head is packing in To many smart asses on this forum. I am not coming back for some time and sit ingdark room.
Title: Re: What size Gas Bottle do you use
Post by: davids3511 on September 23, 2013, 07:56:23 pm: Quote from: dannymack on September 23, 2013, 01:15:26 pm
Gary I use 13kg but the bigger the bottle the longer it lasts and the dearer it cost lol !!! All down to own preference really if you got space in van for bigger bottle then go for bigger

Not necessarily, my local supplier charges £24.50 for 13kg and £25.00 for 19kg. Dearer I know but only fractionally and much better value at 19kg.
Title: Re: What size Gas Bottle do you use
Post by: davids3511 on September 23, 2013, 07:58:06 pm: Quote from: dannymack on September 23, 2013, 01:51:27 pm
That's where you are wrong Smithie as refilling a 13 kg bottle is going to be cheaper than filling a 19 kg bottle now come on use ya Savy lol !!!
He was right, you just need to find the right place.
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Post by: PoleKing on September 23, 2013, 09:02:56 pm: Quote from: dannymack on September 23, 2013, 05:54:33 pm
Cheers for the info Rich, that's cheap I pay £25 to refill a 13kg bottle down here in East London you know the rip off city lol !!!

£25 at a petrol station in rutland £30 in grantham at the caravan shop here. 13kg.
Title: Re: What size Gas Bottle do you use
Post by: South Window Cleaning Ltd on September 24, 2013, 07:28:57 pm: Quote from: dannymack on September 23, 2013, 05:10:53 pm
Can you use the green one in the freezing cold like you can the propane as I know the blue butane freezes up don't it ?

The green patio gas is propane, just diffrent easy to use twist valve and gage,