Graham_Wright
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Has anybody ever installed a fixed tank for gas to be filled like those on cars?
If so, what are the legalities?
If so, what are the legalities?
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[70521]
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I would be interested to hear how you are going to fill it?
Hadenough
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There are some petrol mobos running on LPG, there is a filling tank at Tichmarsh marina but that's the only one I know of. Maybe the mobo forum might know.
Graham_Wright
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The same way we transfer propane between bottles. Done to death on here.
Rigger Mortice
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In that case what's the point in having a tank rather than a bottle?
[70521]
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Thanks Graham, I was hoping you had come up with a soloution to a problem I am trying to work our for a future project.
I do like the thought of a LPG tank onboard. It could use up some redundant space.
saltylegs
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The tanks used in cars and LPG powered boats are designed for liquid offtake and are not suitable for the vapour offtake that is required to supply the equipment we use on boats.
There are refillable cylinders that are available from Gaslow http://www.gaslowdirect.com/ and others but I priced the system for a caravan in the past and found the payback made it not worth it.
There are refillable cylinders that are available from Gaslow http://www.gaslowdirect.com/ and others but I priced the system for a caravan in the past and found the payback made it not worth it.
maxi77
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There are in fact several companies supplying refillable tanks, for both liquid as used in engines and vapour as used for domestic applications. I have been using Gasit tanks in my motorhome for some 9 months and we are well on the way to breaking even, but we do 'liveaboard' for much of the year. Whilst the proper bottles are quite safe to fill with the appropriate adaptor especially in the UK there is great reluctance to allow stand alone bottles to be filled whilst there is no problem with installed bottles and an external car type filler point. WE are currently in Portugal where most garages just work on the basis a sale is a sale and will let you fill almost anything.
The main problem I see for boats is how to get them to the LPG pump, but if you can filling is a doddle