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I though all the new calorlite bottles come fitted with a guage.  Mine does - it has a green/red dial with a pointer, although someone on here said that when it goes to red it really means run out is almost immediate!! (or words to that effect!)

I did find this snip of information, which may or may not be of any use:

"Calor’s 5kg and 13kg Patio Gas® cylinders and the Calor Lite® are fitted with Calor's new Gastrac® - an indicator which tells you when you are running low on gas.

For all other cylinders, the empty tare weight can be found on a metal disc on the shroud, this gives the weight of the cylinder in pounds and ounces. To convert this to kilograms multiply this number by 0.453592. Once you have the empty weight of the cylinder you can put it on some scales, then you will have the total weight, so you can now take the empty cylinder weight off the total, this will give you how much gas you have left in the cylinder." - from http://www.calor.co.uk/customer-services/faqs/general-cylinder-queries/

Quote: Originally posted by hammyhar on 05/4/2011

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i am having the same problem with my 6kg calor gas bottle, i bought a new full cyclinder and have used it so far on a  5, 6, 3 & 4 day breaks (18 days in total) we have used it for cooking two meals a day and i think it must be empty now but its still going strong lol 

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The empty weight is on the disc around the neck of the bottle, as DSB says this is in imperial weights (Why this is imperial when the size of bottle is in metric i don't know) so you need to convert it.

When i have weighed mine it is nearly 4 kgs empty.

Quote: Originally posted by 2Barnesand1dog on 05/4/2011

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The empty weight is on the disc around the neck of the bottle, as DSB says this is in imperial weights (Why this is imperial when the size of bottle is in metric i don't know) so you need to convert it.

When i have weighed mine it is nearly 4 kgs empty.

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www.calor.co.uk

Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 05/4/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by hammyhar on 05/4/2011

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i am having the same problem with my 6kg calor gas bottle, i bought a new full cyclinder and have used it so far on a  5, 6, 3 & 4 day breaks (18 days in total) we have used it for cooking two meals a day and i think it must be empty now but its still going strong lol 

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Have had our calorlite 6kg for 20 months - just use it for cooking.  Still pointing to the green.  I guess about 80 nights - could be more though!

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now thats going some i was thinking of just getting an exchange before my next trip i will take your advice and check the weight on the collar

cheers

craig (hammyhar

Quote: Originally posted by Jax365 on 05/4/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by 2Barnesand1dog on 05/4/2011

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The empty weight is on the disc around the neck of the bottle, as DSB says this is in imperial weights (Why this is imperial when the size of bottle is in metric i don't know) so you need to convert it.

When i have weighed mine it is nearly 4 kgs empty.

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So does that mean you have two kgs left? I.e., one third left?

Sorry to be so thick, I'm 'number-lexic'!

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The 6kg marked on the bottle relates to the weight of the gas only.

therefore a full bottle will weigh 4kgs (aprox) bottle weight plus 6kgs of gas giving a total of 10kgs.

so when you weigh your bottle take 4kgs approx from your total weight and the remaining figure is how much gas you have left.

Sorry its easier to do than explain.

 

Phil beat me to reply, His reply must have appeared whilst i was typing my reply,

One finger typing is not the fastest.

We exchanged a small 4.5kg? cylander for a calor lite at the weekend.  No problem at all. 

Like you, we don't want to run out when away, and thought our existing calor lite felt empty, but the green light is still showing.  Will have to get the scales out to check it. 

 Do the stick on indicators work on calor lite? and are they any more reliable than the green/red guage?

Quote: Originally posted by Glamper Granny on 05/4/2011

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I have BP Gas light, and you can see the level through the cylinder - sorted!

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