Help please with gas bottle adaptor choice.

[Oscarpop]

Hey ,

We are setting off next month for the med then the caribbean and would like some help choosing gas bottle adaptors.

We have the sirius system installed for our gas and have a 4006 regulator. This can take a number of different adaptors for both propane and butane.

As we will probably move to propane when we are in the caribbean, does anyone know what types of propane bottle and adaptors we need?

The choices we have are listed here:

http://www.whayward.com/Results.cfm?category=23

We will stick with camping Gaz in europe, so just need to know what is the norm once we are across the atlantic.

cheers

 

[jdc]

Since you bought the 4006, presumably from Will Hayward, why don't you ask him? He's usually generous with advice.

We have the 4006 with the adapter kit which does pretty much the whole world. W got it at LIBS as a special offer for much the same price as a selection of the adapters contained within it cost if ordered separately.

What you probably will use most is US POL I think, or the big 'clip-on' type for the BP type composite bottles. But ask Will!

 

[Oscarpop]

Thanks for that. Its on my list of things to do tomorrow morning.

 

[capnsensible]

The gas thing was a topic for us before we set off.

The reality is that 16 years later, it has never been the issue we thought it might be.

Bottles and regulators are widely available, seems like most of the planet uses gas for cooking!

In the west Indies, you want to buy gas, someone will find a way to fill your bottle. Propane, butane what mon, its cookin gas!

Don't worry.

 

[GHA]

......, does anyone know what types of propane bottle and adaptors we need?

Another vote for the kit, I bit the bullet after returning and splashed out on one - http://www.whayward.com/details.cfm?ProdID=631
For bottles, the homebase fibreglass ones are working well for me, 60 odd quid from memory.

 

[AndrewB]

I found the POL screw is a worldwide standard for propane cylinders. You'll be refilling rather than exchanging. Regulations on refilling cylinders have become much stricter everywhere in recent years. Cylinders must be in good condition with no dents or traces of rust. The cylinder must be clearly stamped with three things: the certification date, the empty weight ('TW') and the water capacity weight ('WC'). Typically cylinders must be less than 10 years from certification. TW and WC may be in kilograms or pounds. Most countries now require a non-return valve is fitted, and some also insist on an overflow protection device (OPD), though mostly not in the Caribbean. (When I last checked , a few years back, UK Calor Gas propane bottles didn't comply to these standards, and will often be refused for refilling abroad, though they are pretty lax in many places in the Caribbean).

There's no similar standard for butane, so refilling can be a problem, even when it's available, which is not often in the Caribbean. Apart that is, from Camping Gas. Camping Gas will be easiest gas on the French islands where standard bottles can be exchanged. If you do exchange a Camping Gas bottle though, make sure its replacement is marked Camping Gas, or you may be refused next time.