Convert from patio/leisure-gas to proper screw fitting for orange calor bottles

[Burnerman]

Every day is a school day!
http://www.dixonsgas.co.uk/shop/forklift-gas/
John

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Every day is a school day!
http://www.dixonsgas.co.uk/shop/forklift-gas/
John

From what I have read in various places, cars and FLT's draw liquid into a separate evaporator, to allow the liquid to boil off into a gas, before they use the gas in the engine. So these tanks have tube which dip down into the liquid. I also read that FLT bottles are marked with an arrow, for the correct orientation for when mounting them on a FLT.

I suspect that when a car or FLT runs low on liquid and the pickup pipe uncovered, they will simply carry on running on the gas remaining, but the power would be way down?

 

[Stivino]

The tube doesn't go into the liquid, it goes up the way, pointing skyward, so that it draws only gas.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

The tube doesn't go into the liquid, it goes up the way, pointing skyward, so that it draws only gas.

Only repeating what I read. If it goes skyward, why would it need an evaporator to turn the liquid to gas?

 

[Stivino]

If it only draws gas, it won't need an evaporator.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

This suggests a Ford Focus needs an evaporator for the LPG - https://www.researchgate.net/public...ce_of_an_evaporator_for_a_LPG_powered_vehicle

It uses heat form the engine cooling system, to evaporate the LPG.

'Vaporisers' seem to fulfil the same function - https://www.lpgshop.co.uk/lpg-reducers-vaporizers/

 

[Stivino]

I have no experience of a Ford Focus running on LPG so, I can't comment on that although, I'd imagine that it has a different system to a fork lift with a cylinder strapped onto the back of it.
The cylinder shown in John's link has a black shoulder, that shows that it is different from a normal propane cylinder.