hi can anyone help we have changed from blue calor bottles to calor light can anyone tell us how you change one of these bottles on the van . We looked yesterday and it seems you have to use a spanner everytime even if you are just changing the bottle over not good if its raining and you have to mess about with pft tape and spanners.Our old blue bottles just has a push on adaptor do these bottles have one does anyone know
It also depends on how old your van is. On older vans , the propane regulator connector can be screwed on by a handwheel, this is used with a flexible hose.with a push on fitting on the regulator
Your post worried me because there is no way you should have to be using PFT tape to seal the connection. If you are using the correct connection as illustrated in Vininlancs post above there will be no need. The pigtail in the second link has its own tightening collar so a spanner should not be required.
Calor lite is Propane, not butane, so you need a different connector. Yes the blue bottles are easier to change!
I bought one of these to connect onto my regulator. This does have to be spannered onto the fitting, but after that, the propane bottle is fitted to t'other end, and you just use the flywheel to remove and to fit a new one. Much easier!
Either of the above in Vin's link will do the same thing. I just liked the fact that you could check for leaks with this one, plus the added bonus of knowing how much gas you have. Of course, the gaslite bottles already come with a dial, not that you can rely on it. Mine read empty for two weeks before it actually ran out. I've no idea if this one is any more accurate either just yet.
I only ever had the one gaslite container. After doing the calculations, it seemed I was paying a lot more for having a bottle that wasn't that much lighter than the ordinary ones, and also paying for a dial that wasn't even that accurate. When it ran out, I exchanged it for an ordinary propane bottle.
Do you have a bulkhead regulator fitted?? with the correct pigtails?? if so, get a Gaslow changeover valve with 2 cylinders attached and when the rain comes down heavy, you just open the full cylinder tap and close the other, even when the kettle is on, no interruption. You also know when the cylinder is starting to run low of gas, it has a gauge, green plenty of gas, yellow warning, then red starts to show, time to change, then all red no gas. The pigtails need a spanner, but no tape.
Thanks Vinninlancs we have got one of ebay now through your link .We bought one last oct at Glossop caravans but ours had a nut on the end hopefully this will make it a lot easier. Knew I could rely on you guys to help us out
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