Gas for motorhome

boyfriend

I have a three way system to use fridge in my motorhome. As I will not be staying in camp sites, I will not be able to plug into electrical posts. So, I would like to fill my tank situated under motorhome with gas but can't find anywhere that does this. Can anyone tell me where I can get this . I am in Kildare.

Cheers,
Denise.

wexie

Are you sure it's a gas tank?

Gas normally comes in bottles?

boyfriend

Yes, it's not the bottle type cylinder.

boyfriend

It's propane, which is a gas

wexie

Yeah I know what propane is, but that too normally comes in bottles?

Unless its the likes of calor gas etc.

I would imagine it will very much depend on what the installation on your mobile home is I guess?

Have you tried to check with Calor gas?

wexie

Actually I think in some countries they just use autogas (LPG/GPL) in which case you'd need to be looking for a petrol station that has it.
You may need to correct adaptor for the nozzles.

But, for some reason LPG seems to have never really caught on very well here, lot of other countries you'd get it at pretty much any petrol station

boyfriend

Thank you for your help. I will look into your suggestions,

Denise.

autumnalcore

https://www.mylpg.eu/stations/ireland/#map

Autogas outlets on the map above. If its an import you might need an adapter ireland uses ACME. was it a professionally fitted system? Ive seen some dodgy diy conversions of liquid tanks to vapour take off its possible to overfill and get liquid rather than vapour out of the tank.

boyfriend

Thank you. Yes, it was professionally done. I am a bit nervous having gas in a tank under me as I drive. I'm thinking now I might convert to calour bottled gas instead,

Denise.

autumnalcore

boyfriend wrote: »

Thank you. Yes, it was professionally done. I am a bit nervous having gas in a tank under me as I drive. I'm thinking now I might convert to calour bottled gas instead,

Denise.

Those tanks are crash tested and have fire safety valves and are typically installed with steel strapping much safer than a calor bottle inside tge van. Should be much safer than a calor bottle installed inside the van.

autumnalcore

boyfriend wrote: »

Thank you. Yes, it was professionally done. I am a bit nervous having gas in a tank under me as I drive. I'm thinking now I might convert to calour bottled gas instead,

Denise.

Those tanks are crash tested and have fire safety valves and are typically installed with steel strapping. Should be much safer than a calor bottle installed inside the van.

boyfriend

O .K. So, this type of gas is what I need for cooking, heating and running fridge with , as opposed to using it to run a vehicle as fuel ?

m8

How does price compare with bottled GAS I wonder?

Bottle Gas is easy to get a replacement but not all Service Stations does auto Gas however if enough of us were using they might just stock it.

boyfriend

Yes, indeed.

autumnalcore

m8 wrote: »

How does price compare with bottled GAS I wonder?

Bottle Gas is easy to get a replacement but not all Service Stations does auto Gas however if enough of us were using they might just stock it.

Varies vastly according to cylinder size. Autogas is about 72c average per liter which is roughly 0.5kg so the equivalent of 11.34kg calor bottle costs about 16.50.

When you compare to 6kg and smaller bottles it can be a huge saving.

CubicleDweller

I have an old German motorhome - a 1994 Hymer - that has the two original grey propane bottles that it came with. They're refillable and I've had them filled by S&L Gas Distribution in Greenogue Business Park, Rathcoole (01)4587033. I think they can do butane as well, but I prefer propane. And as someone said, a properly fitted underslung gas tank is probably safer than bottles. Wish my van had one...

boyfriend

Thank you.