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Propane Gas Bottle
grusks2 - 31/12/08 at 01:35 PM

Does anyone khow where in south essex/east london ( im near lakeside ) i can get/buy a bottle of proapne for my new space heater.

Its the orange bottle so im told, most garages near me only stock butane, patio heater gas ( blue or white or green bottles )

tomgregory2000 - 31/12/08 at 01:55 PM

any caravan places near you? they tend to stock some sizes

907 - 31/12/08 at 02:13 PM

Google calor gas

Their web site will give a list of stockists.

My local stockist swapped an empty butane (super ser) for a propane at no extra cost,
so if you have the wrong cylinder, no prob, otherwise I think its £15 deposit for the first one.

HTH

Paul G

Mark Allanson - 31/12/08 at 02:46 PM

Suppliers down here will let you swap any size and type of cylinder

MakeEverything - 31/12/08 at 03:24 PM

I think you can use Butane. Its not as hot when burnt, but cheaper. Itll work fine, provided the regulator fits.

grusks2 - 31/12/08 at 03:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
any caravan places near you? they tend to stock some sizes


Good thinking there is a caravan place near me,

cheers guys

grusks2 - 31/12/08 at 07:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MakeEverything
I think you can use Butane. Its not as hot when burnt, but cheaper. Itll work fine, provided the regulator fits.


Its a different regulator

David Jenkins - 31/12/08 at 08:18 PM

On some cylinders, it's a different thread direction! They use a reverse thread to prevent the wrong regulator being used.

Also, some suppliers fill propane and butane cylinders to different pressures, so maybe that's why they put opposite threads on them.