Thread: LPG Decanting Bottles

When I was considering getting lpg many moons ago the LPG man said I could just buy some hose from him and get an lpg bottle filled and get the connector from him also. He said it was quite illegal though and if I were to do this I'd need to keep the hose hidden.

Xavier

I had one of these on my LPG / GRA V8's....

Worked a treat..

And yes, illegal

Originally Posted by Xavie

... the LPG man said I could just buy some hose from him and get an lpg bottle filled and get the connector from him also. He said it was quite illegal though and if I were to do this I'd need to keep the hose hidden.

Xavier

Originally Posted by tombraider

...Worked a treat..

And yes, illegal

Oh well I wouldn't want to do that then - after all the legislators make these laws, regulations to protect us from ourselves.

Made up by the LPG fitter eh!

Diana

You can legally carry a 9kg in a boot, in most states too. Technically you are breaking the in a number of instances ( taxis dont do this anymore due to an incident of the kind ) when you hook up the hose.
Mainly its because the relief valve -which is just under the tap- must communicate with a vapour space and when you turn the bottle upside down it then communicates with liquid, which could be an
Then the insurance company might

Anyway, wanna buy a hose??
David

OK I am a LPG fitter and play with LPG forklifts for a living.
I am often left with a forklift with no or empty bottle on it as the dead ones are ratted for gas by the time I get to fix them.
In my work van I carry a small primus bottle with the correct fittings to get the machine going while I work on it.
Around the workshop I use a 9kg bottle to move forklifts around.
Forklift bottles can be filled by decantering from any bottle or filling from a pumping system (bowser).
Sitting at home with no gas in it is my 101 landy.
I will put some gas in it from a small bottle to drive it to the servo just to save a bit of petrol.
The problem is not every one seems to understand the dangers of transporting LP Gas or how to decant correctly without being a danger to them selves.
Any thing is possible with decantering and a bit of know how.
There are laws to stop people transporting gas or filling bottles so they are not a danger.
The automotive gas bottles have many more safety features than a barbeque bottle and only with these features can they be transported by a car.
Yes I think you can carry a barbeque bottle in the back of a open vehicle..ie not inside or boot and it should be secured in a way so the valve cannot viberate open and it will not move it case of a accident.
You need to get a hold of approved special LP Gas hose and the Acme filler fitting.
The barbeque bottle should be modified so it has liquid withdrawl as turning the bottle up side down makes it illegal as the safety features built in the bottle are in effective up side down.
I get away with it at work and on work sites because it is part of my job.
For the general person on the street dont worry about it as there is a long history for people getting slack and hurting themselves.

Originally Posted by 101 Ron

OK I am a LPG fitter and play with LPG forklifts for a living...

... For the general person on the street dont worry about it as there is a long history for people getting slack and hurting themselves.

Ron

Have to agree with you there, even if there is not an explosion, a cold burn on skin is as bad as a burn with fire.

Diana

Maybe you need to buy this:
Fuel Bowser (LPG) - eBay Branded, Petrol, Advertising, Collectables. (end time 29-Feb-08 18:43:33 AEDST)

Comes with hoses and filler nozzles!

Originally Posted by mark2

Maybe you need to buy this:
Fuel Bowser (LPG) - eBay Branded, Petrol, Advertising, Collectables. (end time 29-Feb-08 18:43:33 AEDST)

Comes with hoses and filler nozzles!

That'd be GR8 - but I don't think they'd let me tow the required tank trailer with bowser up the CSR!

Also seems to be a lot of effort for an emergency device?

Diana