What size calor gas bottles for your Adria Twin? Forums

Shark

My Twin has two 6kg propane bottles fitted. I notice that these are extortionate to refill compared to the bigger sizes. I had an empty 15kg Calor propane bottle lying around and, just as a test, I managed to squeeze it in, to replace one of my 6kg bottles. I see that Calor propane comes in a slightly smaller 13kg size and wondered if anyone with a Twin has one of these fitted and, if so, whether there are any issues to be aware of.

Cheers,

Shaun

Shark

Come on fellow Twinnies - have you managed to squeeze that 13kg propane bottle into your van, or are you sticking with 2 x 6kg?

Shaun

ksebruce

I have a Burstner T595 which I used to run with 2 6kg's. I sw2apped these for 2 13kg's for two reasons. One as you say the gas is cheaper and two if I go to the continent I can run for ages on them. If weight is not a problem I'd go for the 13kg's. Very Happy

maddie

Hi Shaun not got same van but would go for the bigger cly every time! perhaps 1 large and a small for back-up?if you cannot fit 2 large.
terry

Shark

Yes, bigger is undoubtedly best, but the cupboard space is the thing, which is why I need to know what people have managed to squeeze into their Twin.

Shaun

Lbusdriver

Hi there,
We have the Twin but have chosen the Gaslow system. We have just the 6KG in us at the moment and we are going to try 1x 6kg and 1x 11kg together. It will intresting to see what you end up going with.

ksebruce

Your manual should tell you what the gas locker is designed to take. Mine states 2 x 13kg. Very Happy

cje1

Interesting! Yesterday I was measuring the gas locker space to upgrade from 6kg to 13kg in my Knaus 708. The manual says they will fit and the measurements in the locker says yes - anyone tried it?

Incidentally the measurements for the 13kg bottle I got from Calor are

Height: 580mm
Diameter: 315mm

regards

Colin

b6x · Last edited by b6x on Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:55 pm; edited 2 times in total

HI Shaun,

From memory, we just have two 6kg propanes at the moment, mainly because we acquired them from the father-in-law. We've been away in the van for at least 40 nights now (over winter) and are still connected to the first 6kg. So, for us personally, I doubt we'll bother changing. Would prefer the extra locker space for wedges and the additional payload for wine. Smile

For the same reason, we've not gone for Gaslow as I don't think it will pay for itself in the time we own the van. Crude maths, with a few assumptions, works out:

I can get approx 25 refills for my £400 install fee.
25x 40 days of camping = 1000 days
1000 days = 500 weekends = nearly 10 years!

Bear in mind, crude that it is, that that assumes current usage (winter) and does not include the cost of the LPG, just the inital install outlay.

BTW - I am happy to be proved wrong in my maths - I've been trying to convince myself to go Gaslow for months.

Regards,
Steve

tramp

hi all.
in our new style twin we have a 13kg propane at the back and a 6kg at he front for the barbecue but a 13 kg would fit no probs also the regulater is the secu motion one so you can use the gas for heting while on the move, we find it great for winter touring. BUT you can not use the auto change over gauges as the pressure drop when the bottle empties triggers the cut off button under the regulator . In the future we will have large gas low installed and probably have to change regulator so we have auto change over as in our old van.

tramp