LPG use

beverley12
beverley12 Forum Participant Posts: 87
edited September 2016 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

We are about to buy a van which has no gas cylinders but LPG. Is it common at all garages here and in Europe. How have people found using it? 

Any thing we need to look out for? 

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  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited September 2016 #2

    The gas used in all caravans is LPG,propane red or butane blue and unless it has refillable cylinders,it will require an exchange when empty

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  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited September 2016 #4

    we have a refillable LPG tank and use it all over Europe. you will need three adaptors to cover all pump types so get ypur dealer to chick these in as part of the deal.

    look at www.filllpg.co.uk for filling points, again by country, should reassure you.

    nice to have one point reasonably close to home, so that you can fill whichever direction you are heading....

    oh, and gas is a quarter of the price of a normal 6kg calor refillHappy

    Whoch, if on EHU om sites is B all use!

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  • beverley12
    beverley12 Forum Participant Posts: 87
    edited September 2016 #6

    Sorry but I don't understand Easy T comments. Is whoch a spelling mistake or does it stand for something? We would have ehu but need gas for the cooker there is no electric point and it also has an external BBQ point running on the gas. 

    Did i confuse matters by referring to our unit as a van? It is not a caravan but a van conversion. I always call it "the van". 

  • EasyT
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    edited September 2016 #7

    My typing Beverley. Instead of whoch read which - adjacent characters on keyboard. 

    Many caravanners are never off EHU and use little gas. I am away 17 weeks of the year and cook regularly. We get through about 6kg of gas. I think that off EHU the fridge probably uses more gas than cooking. And certainly if I used gas for heating that would have a big impact on usage. It really depends on ones circumstances I suppose. 

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  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited September 2016 #10

    I know that now! Tongue Out

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