Gas BBQ - Is this a ridiculous idea ?

[johnny_t]

I have a Gas BBQ that runs on 10kg Propane tanks with a quick release 'Gaslight' Connector

My home is run on 47kg LPG tanks up the back of the garden.

Getting a refill for the 10kg Propane tank costs about the same as the cost of refilling one of my 47kg bottles, which stings a bit.

Would a Propane BBQ run from domestic LPG ?

With the right connectors, etc., would it be possible to fill up my empty BBQ bottle using a full LPG bottle ? Are these connectors, or pipe assemblies commercially available ? I do have access to Brass and a lathe through work, so if they are not commercially available then can I get drawings anywhere ?

If this is a ridiculous idea, please just tell me now and I'll put it far from my mind and just go out and pay for a refill.

 

[alan333]

As far as I'm aware propane is propane, so if you can connect your bbq to your big cylinders it would work perfectly fine. Filling smaller cylinders from a large one is theoretically possible, but LPG is a liquid and would need pumped between the cylinders - it wouldn't 'flow' from one to the other just be opening both valves.

 

[bernardgreen]

Is it legal to transfer LPG from tank to tank in domestic premises. ? It is high risk.

 

[bernardgreen]

Just had a visitor who uses Calor gas so took the opportunity and asked him about decanting from large to small.

Don't do it was his advice. If they are Calor bottles you will be breaking the terms of the contract with Calor

He pointed me to this web site https://www.calor.co.uk/gas-bottles/buying-gas-bottles/gas-refills-exchanges-returns

 

[ianmcd]

no you cant do it, its a lot more complicated than that, nothing to stop you altering the BBQ to accommodate a larger cylinder though.

 

[johnny_t]

Thanks All,

From the sound of it, something like this is what I need, then ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Calo...305705&hash=item51a8a2cee8:g:VSwAAOSwxp9W1kfE

 

[Terrywookfit]

Yep....Don't forget a jubilee clip !!

 

[FiremanT]

Is there a SafeFill site near you?:

https://www.facebook.com/Safefill-241609385885922/

 

[alan333]

I have a Gas BBQ that runs on 10kg Propane tanks with a quick release 'Gaslight' Connector

My home is run on 47kg LPG tanks up the back of the garden.

Just a thought, you say your bbq burns propane - usually they burn butane (the blue Calor cylinders rather than orange). Propane burns hotter than butane so make sure you have your gas types correct or you might burn out the burners on the bbq. I remember this from my childhood when my Dad connected a caravan cooker to the cylinder he was using his roofing gas torch from (he knew it burned hotter and used caution accordingly, he didn't knacker the burners).

 

[johnny_t]

Just a thought, you say your bbq burns propane - usually they burn butane (the blue Calor cylinders rather than orange). Propane burns hotter than butane so make sure you have your gas types correct or you might burn out the burners on the bbq. I remember this from my childhood when my Dad connected a caravan cooker to the cylinder he was using his roofing gas torch from (he knew it burned hotter and used caution accordingly, he didn't knacker the burners).

To be honest, that hadn't actually occurred to me, but I just went and double-checked and it is Propane. One of these - https://www.albiongas.co.uk/product/10kg-gaslight/

So, LPG is Propane, right ?

 

[alan333]

To be honest, that hadn't actually occurred to me, but I just went and double-checked and it is Propane. One of these - https://www.albiongas.co.uk/product/10kg-gaslight/

So, LPG is Propane, right ?

LPG = Liquid Propane Gas. I had a quick browse on the Calor Gas site and it seems propane is the stuff for caravans etc these days, maybe my info is way too old.

 

[JohnD]

LPG = Liquified Petroleum Gas

Orange cylinders are for Propane.

"CampingGaz" is currently a mixture of Butane and Propane.

 

[Ian H]

he didn't knacker the burners).

But what about the burgers?

 

[copea]

"CampingGaz" is currently a mixture of Butane and Propane.

Only the disposable cartridges.
The refillable/exchangable cylinders (901, 904 and 907) are butane only.

 

[durhamplumber]

Dont fek with LPG would be my advice...having seen a 47kg propane bottle go bang