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Topic: Foreign gas cylinder, can we use it?

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kinza123

11/1/2014 at 11:03pm
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Hi.
We have just bought a caravan and with it is a gas bottle purchased by the owners when they were abroad in France last year on holiday.
It is a Totalgaz shesha butane 10kg orange plastic encased bottle.
It's nearly full so we don't want to get rid of it if we can legally use it in the UK, but we also have 2 normal orange calor gas bottles so may not need this?
Is it OK and legal, and if so what are the differences?
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Grampian91

12/1/2014 at 12:34am
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As long as the regulator fits then there is no issue with using it.

The only issue is when it comes to refilling it. I doubt anyone will. But its OK to use.

JTQU

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To add to the above:
If you intend spending a long time holidaying in France in the cooler months it and its coupling will be "useful to have".
However, for typical summer holidays where we have EHUs a 6 kg Calor-Lite comfortably lasts a 6 week holiday so as said the French bottle will only prove an asset in the colder months where heating will be needed or if you holiday off EHUs

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You can use it if you have correct size pigtail or regulator. It will probably be 20 or 27mm clip, 28mb for butane. Only worth keeping if you take extended hols in France because you can only exchange it there.

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kinza123

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OK, we've got the regulator but have no plans to go to France this year or next so will advertise it for sale and make a bit more space!

Thank you for solving the mystery

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