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  1. 27th November 2014, 08:17 PM #1
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    Carrying an LPG bottle on roof rack

    I'm not sure if this should be here or in Camping...

    I want to carry a 4.5 kg (even though they are now called a 3.7kg) bottle on my roof rack, restrained in a bottle carrier.

    What I'm wondering about is - does it matter if the bottle is on its side? Mounting the carrier like this is easier as I can bolt it down in several places. It would also not be quite as high.

    As an aside, I did a swap and go of a 9kg to a 4.5 (3.7) kg bottle. The LPG price on a swap and go is flaming high - $25. Now I have a small bottle, I think it will be going to a gas place for refilling, not going to a servo for swapping.

    Conventional mounting:



    Horizontal mounting:

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  2. 27th November 2014, 08:33 PM #2
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    Definitely not. Although it is outside, if it leaks it will be liquid not vapour.

    Liquid propane expands 270 times when it vaporizes. Not sure about the legality but I would expect it to be illegal.

    Any reason why you don't want it in the car?
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    Quote Originally Posted by d2dave View Post
    Definitely not. Although it is outside, if it leaks it will be liquid not vapour.
    Why would it matter, it'll be on the roof, not in the car?

    Quote Originally Posted by d2dave View Post
    Any reason why you don't want it in the car?
    Nowhere to put it and still have it restrained.
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    Definitely upright.
    You want the gas, not the liquid.
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    Upright unless you have one of the special marine ones
    By all means get a Defender. If you get a good one, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    Why would it matter, it'll be on the roof, not in the car?



    Nowhere to put it and still have it restrained.
    There are many vehicles around that have the gas bottles on the roof rack.
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    Quote Originally Posted by p38arover View Post
    Why would it matter, it'll be on the roof, not in the car?
    If you were parked some where and it leaked a litre of liquid gas you would have 270 litres of gas.

    Now propane is heavier than air. Lets say it is a calm day with no wind. I do not want to be around your car with 270 litres of gas at the wheels.
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    Quote Originally Posted by d2dave View Post
    If you were parked some where and it leaked a litre of gas you would have 270 litres of gas.

    Now propane is heavier than air. Lets say it is a calm day with no wind. I do not want to be around your car with 270 litres of gas at the wheels.
    Reading that, 270 litres of gas in the car and dribbling out the orifices I'd want even less.
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    Quote Originally Posted by d2dave View Post
    If you were parked some where and it leaked a litre of gas you would have 270 litres of gas.
    If it leaked a litre of gas, you would still have a litre of gas. If it leaked a litre of liquid propane, you would have 270 litres of gaseous propane.
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    where did you get the mount from???
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