Comments on: Gaz Cylinders – Butane or Propane – Regulators, Connectors and Pipework

By: blackberry

blackberry — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 22:36:13 +0000

The calor gas bottle cages are available from safeoptions

By: Les Foulke

Les Foulke — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:18:57 +0000

We are a Scout Group and are looking for a Calor gas cage like the blue one illustrated in the text.
May I ask where we could obtain one
regards
lf

By: Thierry Henfleet

Thierry Henfleet — Thu, 13 May 2010 10:58:40 +0000

I have fitted an LPG hob that I am trying to power using a 13kg butane cyclinder. I have swapped the installed jets for the included LPG jets but the largest ring will not ignite correctly. All the other rings are fine and gas bottle valve is fully open. Do you think this is faulty hob? Are all the LPG jets the same or does each one match a .specific ring? Can a standard domestic hob be powered off bottled butane or do I need to invest in a proper LPG tank outside my house?

By: Simon Hughes

Simon Hughes — Fri, 07 May 2010 22:46:33 +0000

Interesting info matt, I found e-leclerc to be cheapest bottled gas supplier in France, their Clairgaz brand is available in 13kg butane, 6kg Butane and 11kg propane sizes. Butane is 30 euro for 13kg with a 5 euro deposit on the bottle.

I took a hob that I bought in B&Q to France and connected with a flexible pipe from e-leclerc that cost about 6 euros, However the flexible connection needed an additional rubber washer to make a good connection, gas was leaking at the connection before i fitted this washer. I got the rubber washer from the UK LPG connector that was supplied with the hob (it did not come with a pipe.)

I also had to put some PTFE tape on the elbow connector that fitted to the hob, initially i didn’t do that and butane was leaking from the connection. You can check to see if gas is leaking buy putting a small amount of washing up liquid on the connections and checking to see if any bubbles appear.

There should be no smell of butane when the hob is lit, if you can smell gas when cooking you need to turn the gas off at the bottle immediately and locate the leak.