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neilnruth wrote:

Thanks herbie for that tip.

  ,All the gadgets to test  cylinder always decided to not work when you need it ,and why bother with another gadget when water will do the job. We have enough gadgets to complicate one's life, so one less makes good sense to me.



 



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To check how much gas left in gas cylinder just pour hot ( not boiling ) water over cylinde

In no time the deviding line between liquid and gas can be felt.



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Thanks herbie for that tip.

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The advice we were given was Weighing them , but who carries scales?

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Exactly Gerty - so the hot water trick seems to be a great idea. I agree with herbie - why take too many gadgets. Caravanning used to be enjoyed for the simpler life it gave.

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I've always used the hot water method. So quick and easy to do. The other way is when you suddenly realise your fridge has turned itself off, UhOh gas bottle empty.

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or you put a nice big pot of soup on to cook...................and you suddenly realise, it hasn't boiled yet, I wonder why.

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The hot water trick doesn't tell lies either.

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justcruisin01 wrote:

The hot water trick doesn't tell lies either.

JC

 I just make a point of chacking it every couple of weeks, it dosn't take much to check re the hot water,



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Mine ran out on my first night out on this trip. Not so important that the fridge stopped, because it was cold enough to keep things chilled til I got to the next town.

JC, I know you keep track of the price of gas,,,it was $14.50 in Dalby Mitre 10. wink

 



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What size bottle was that Beth?


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I find the best way is to get a big pot of soup or stew, just about get it to boiling point and then wonder why it has stopped cooking LOL, works everytime for me...........just happened the other day.

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What size bottle was that Beth?

 That's a 4.5kg bottle Ruth.



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pauline wrote:

I find the best way is to get a big pot of soup or stew, just about get it to boiling point and then wonder why it has stopped cooking LOL, works everytime for me...........just happened the other day.

 I'm with you Pauline, nothing like spending a couple of extra dollars on two nice pieces of rib eye steak and having it ruined cause the gas ran out!!! someone needs to invent a sensor alarm system to alert you when you are down to 2 steaks and a cuppa left in the gas bottle ............

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Beth54 wrote:

My brother-in-law has a guage thingy on his gas bottle, which he bought at Aldi. It shows very clearly when it's getting low. Must look into one myself.

 

 It's called a GasFuse - BCF have them, but Aldi is cheaper (when they do have them in stock - that's where we bought ours).

 

http://www.gasfuse.com/

 

Ah Ha ! I just checked BCF - they call them a Safety Gauge in their catalogue.



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My brother-in-law has a guage thingy on his gas bottle, which he bought at Aldi. It shows very clearly when it's getting low. Must look into one myself.

 



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Beth54 wrote:

My brother-in-law has a guage thingy on his gas bottle, which he bought at Aldi. It shows very clearly when it's getting low. Must look into one myself.

 

 It's called a GasFuse - BCF have them, but Aldi is cheaper (when they do have them in stock - that's where we bought ours).

 

http://www.gasfuse.com/

 

Ah Ha ! I just checked BCF - they call them a Safety Gauge in their catalogue.




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 Oh good! Thanks for that.



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http://www.gasfuse.com/

 



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LOL...........biggrinbiggrin

I can remember putting a lovely piece of pork in the Webber and going out for a few hours, drooling over the thought of roast dinner when we got back to the van

We had fish and chips that night!! no

Hot water does it for me since then. 



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Gerty Dancer wrote:

The advice we were given was Weighing them , but who carries scales?

 I use a set of luggage scales I bought from Aldi ($10) , they are about 6 inches long

 

Bottle shows the gas bottle weighs 8.3kg and a full bottle holds approx 8.5kg so full bottle around the 17kg mark.

Weighed mine yesterday and total was11.5 so i know i have roughly 3kg gas left.With dual bottles simple matter of making sure 1 bottle is full and just use the other until empty

 

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I use those scales too Pedro .  Quick and easy .

( I got the scales to weigh all those great big fish I was going to catch . )  biggrin biggrin



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I like the hot water method and the GasFuse, but here's another idea.

Magnetic Gas Level Indicator:
www.magnamail.com.au/Product_Detail.aspx#

Ebay will probably have them much cheaper.


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Thanks hervbie



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