Thread: Gas bottle inside or on top?

Hi Dapper


The short answer, outside up top. My tent camping trips bottle up top.
My general knowledge is all vehicles that carry flammable gas bottles have to be secured in a compartment that is ventilated to the out side and sealed so no gas can get inside vehicle. Work van motor homes camper vans.
There were two incidences not so long ago, one in Darwin and I think Melbourne, where work vans exploded from a build up of oxy/act gas.
The Darwin one was a fatality.
Petrol containers inside vehicles is a hazard.
Keep safe and enjoy this great country.


Cheers Camp Oven

Originally Posted by Dapper

Hi looking for some general advice here about gas bottles. I'm setting up my D3 for camping weekends. Building a home made rear fridge slide unit, and have a dolium full length roof rack already on top. Wondering about the pro's and con's of carrying the small (2 or 4kg) gas bottle inside the car (securely mounted on the rear storage unit) or whether to mount them up on the roof rack? cheers

This is taken directly from the NSW fire and rescue page:-

"When transporting cylinders in the car the total capacity must not exceed 9kg. The cylinders should be transported in an upright position, secured, preferably in the boot. Do not leave LPG bottles in a vehicle unnecessarily.
No more than two cylinders should be carried in a car at any one time."

This is not to say I would if I could store securely on the roof rack. Just saying its not illegal. The ventilated storage cabinets applies to tradies vans etc due to workcover regs and campers/caravans etc due to regs with reference to permanent storage design rules.

Cheers,

Nino.

I think it MAY be illegal to carry one inside a vehicle in Qld. We ute owners don't have that to worry about...

Maybe you can carry one but you MUST have those screw in plastic plugs to try to prevent leakage in case of a faulty valve.

Originally Posted by landy

This is taken directly from the NSW fire and rescue page:-

"....The ventilated storage cabinets applies to tradies vans etc due to workcover regs and campers/caravans etc due to regs with reference to permanent storage design rules.

Nino.

And I think the ventilated cabinets are also to allow a permanently connected gas system in mobile homes and caravans.

I am just about to install a G82 in the rear cargo floor of the D2,, that's 70odd litres of gas inside the car,,


I think-
if the stove top is a permanent fixture then the gas line must be fixed/solid.

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If it's a permanent fitting it must be gas approved installed and the gas cylinders must be in a sealed area with ventilation to the outside. It's interesting that you mention cooking in the back of a car as when I was looking on line for the State Regs on private gas transport I found the picture below of a car fire from cooking inside the car. Food for thought!

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

I am just about to install a G82 in the rear cargo floor of the D2,, that's 70odd litres of gas inside the car,,


I think-
if the stove top is a permanent fixture then the gas line must be fixed/solid.

yeah but i reckon yours will be vented to the outside of the car……….

where possible i try to store on the rack….although in the defer i'm not too concerned as there is plenty of ventilation

the biggest risk is a freshly filled cylinder that is exposed to warmer temps………this may cause a bit of venting, or an overfilled cylinder which cause vent liquid

however when i'm traveling not every rig has cylinder on top……i would assume some would be sitting inside

I carry it inside in a milk type container and strap it to the cargo barrier. It's secure in there and my preference is to have as little as possible on the roof.