A good find Denis

I hope that it does not (nearly said that four letter word again), perform anything like the one in the picture below, (when they come out on our left hand thread gas bottles)

The ones in the picture are not much good, as for whatever reason, they show full, until just about the end of the bottle
They do not show full, three quarters, half, etc

I have one on my old caravan, it stays in the green, until it is nearly empty

Edit to say that I hope I am wrong and that the inbuilt ones from America, have a more sensitive pressure gauge

What the one in the picture is good for, is that you can close the gas bottle valve, and if you have a leak the gauge will eventually show empty

-- Edited by Tony Bev on Friday 6th of October 2017 02:12:21 AM

wasn_me wrote:

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Hako, barbecues galore have them. I bought one 2013 for the home bbq. The float sits on top of the liquid. I don't know how it would go on a caravan bottle as the liquid would be sloshing around a fair bit when travelling. Cheers Pete

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 Well there you go!.....I'm guessing they cost the world and you cannot swap at Bunnings.  

 

Regards

EDIT...just had a look at Barbeques Galore and they have them in stock - $44.95 which is not all that much...prob $10 dearer than the normal ones.

-- Edited by hako on Friday 6th of October 2017 08:24:14 AM

I went on Fleabay and bought one of those ultrasound gas level hand held devices. About the size of a small torch. Press against the side of your gas bottle, green is gas and you just try again till you get a red light. Only takes a couple of goes to find the level.

$29. Post free.

I bought mine in the hope it would also work on my second diesel tank which doesn't have a fuel level gauge. Doesn't work but good for the gas bottle

 

When working on the roads out west and using a bottle an hour on our glue pot we crack the tap open just a bit and tip the bottle till liquid comes out - then you know for sure the level.
No worse than the way they manually fill bottles. The gauge would be good for our work but only if you can swap them and there is too much time involved in filling them.

Yuglamron - re your gas level device, how rugged do they seem to you regards being dropped, left in sun or splashed with solvents?

Regards

Yuglamron wrote:

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SNIP

It does say in the blurb that you pick a spot and press lightly against the gas bottle till the light comes on. It has a small spring that clicks when you push it against the bottle. They say to take it off the bottle and pick another spot. Not to slide it up the side of the bottle. I would think that would be the weak link. I double checked Fleabay and they have gone up to $48 now.

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 Thanks Yulamron, some of the blokes we have working with us are hard on gear especially when it doesn't belong to them so might be no good for us.

 

Thanks.

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hako wrote:

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I hope we see these here soon - real liquid gas level indicators that are inbuilt in the 9KG cylinder. 

Note in the video that the thread on the gas bottle is not left hand thread. 

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/refillable-steel-propane-cylinder-20-lb-4-7-gal-with-gas-gauge/5605

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Back on topic.

They look a great Idea Denis and like you I hope they are here soon with a left thread. 

The Ulrtasound gismo sounds good too. I think Truma have a similar one. 

 

 

Dougwe wrote:

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They look a great Idea Denis and like you I hope they are here soon with a left thread. 

The Ulrtasound gismo sounds good too. I think Truma have a similar one.

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 The float valves were around (I think 15 - 20 years ago) for fitting into your own gas bottles by licensed tradesmen. They did not seem to last long on the market. One of the problems is it involved a replacement POL valve which had to be renewed every 10 years. Each time the bottle is tested a replacement POL valve is part of the operation.

Note also that is an American web page with $US prices. What price will they be here with a valved manufactured specially for a country that is one of the few left using a POL valve. See this link. O'm not holding my breath.

Doug and PeterD - they are already available as wasn me kindly pointed out. Link is below.

https://www.barbequesgalore.com.au/lpg-gas-cylinder-w-gauge

regards