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so can anybody enlighten me as to how to use a hand pump to fill my lpg tanks from cooker bottles etc.It has occured to me in the event of no petrol i may be able to get some bottled gas....
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Why not get an adaptor from a fork lift truck and use fork lift truck propane bottles.so can anybody enlighten me as to how to use a hand pump to fill my lpg tanks from cooker bottles etc.It has occured to me in the event of no petrol i may be able to get some bottled gas....
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You can let the stuff run in from the bottle if you can connect it to your filler and have the bottle higher than the tank.
Why not get an adaptor from a fork lift truck and use fork lift truck propane bottles.
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You can let the stuff run in from the bottle if you can connect it to your filler and have the bottle higher than the tank.
Why do I think there is going to be a bang in this thread somewhere.
I have seen a photo of a guy sitting in a van with his top half missing along with the top of the van, it took his top half of nice and clean leaving his waist and legs still sitting in the driving position. Smoking and transporting gas dont mix, and it makes me think with the smell from combustible gases how the fook he never knew.
Dont fook about with gas bottles.
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I dont intend in fookin with gas bottles.I am a gas engineer so i understand.I would say it was easy to transfer gas if i turn the bottles upside down above the tank to be filled.What i want is a pump so that i may do it outside at ground level.That way as propane is heavier than air it will sink and runaway outside if there is a leak.Im sure a easy method exists.I like the idea of fittin a union to allow input of bottle gas however it will not purge the system.
Anymore ideas?
Anymore ideas?
First, u got to realise that this practice is highly illegal and a bit immoral unless ya send old Gordon One-Eye the excise duty on gas used! Second, I have no idea how one would transfer gas from bottles to tank cos I would never dream of doing it. Honest.
Thirdly, I have heard a rumour that due to the non return valves, back pressures etc involved, you can't just connect up and rely on gravity to do the job, cos it won't.
So you gets yerself a pump designed to pump propane with an intrinsically safe motor (No sparks, u see.....) or a hand pump ....VERY slow, and HARD work. (allegedly) Invert your gas bottle so u is pumping liquid gas, rather than the vapour version that come out when its the rightway up. From there on, its easy.... connect up, start pumping, fill tank, disconnect, send cheque to Gordon, jobsagoodun. 47kg Cylinder hold approx 90 ltr of gas, costs anything from £30 to £60 depending on your source of supply and currently works out a tad cheaper than petrol with forecourt LPG at 52p/ltr. Drawback is that pumps aint cheap. was I going to do this dastardly deed, I would have paid around £248 +VAT for a pump last year. Luckily, I is honest and wouldnt do it. But I may accidentaly have kept the pump suppliers phone number, and may unwittingly pm it to someone who may request it. Because of course, it is only for use in an agricultural or boating situation which is perfectly legal. And of course..... you do excercise GREAT CARE, like the other guy says. I is a firefighter, and I has seen what happens when leaking gas and little sparks collide - even when a qualified gas engineer is present. Takes ages to bag up all the little bits.
Thirdly, I have heard a rumour that due to the non return valves, back pressures etc involved, you can't just connect up and rely on gravity to do the job, cos it won't.
So you gets yerself a pump designed to pump propane with an intrinsically safe motor (No sparks, u see.....) or a hand pump ....VERY slow, and HARD work. (allegedly) Invert your gas bottle so u is pumping liquid gas, rather than the vapour version that come out when its the rightway up. From there on, its easy.... connect up, start pumping, fill tank, disconnect, send cheque to Gordon, jobsagoodun. 47kg Cylinder hold approx 90 ltr of gas, costs anything from £30 to £60 depending on your source of supply and currently works out a tad cheaper than petrol with forecourt LPG at 52p/ltr. Drawback is that pumps aint cheap. was I going to do this dastardly deed, I would have paid around £248 +VAT for a pump last year. Luckily, I is honest and wouldnt do it. But I may accidentaly have kept the pump suppliers phone number, and may unwittingly pm it to someone who may request it. Because of course, it is only for use in an agricultural or boating situation which is perfectly legal. And of course..... you do excercise GREAT CARE, like the other guy says. I is a firefighter, and I has seen what happens when leaking gas and little sparks collide - even when a qualified gas engineer is present. Takes ages to bag up all the little bits.
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Prehaps a hand pump is slow and hardwork but it would seem a suitable system if one was stuck with no fuel.It has no motor so it being mechanicle would fit in a rover for emergencies no doubt.I would of thought that a hand pump may suit well for the application required.
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if i were to "fuel" the range rover in the woods as an agri haulage vehicle doing wood crop this would also make it legal too.
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....can i not just transfer straight from mains gas?
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what sort of gas engineer are you or do you work on methane from all your bull ****
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i cant remember what the calorific value is of mains gas.....
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1036 but it aint liquid stupid
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so the best option without a huge tank on me roof is to transfer from tank in garden then.
The only qualification you have mate is sniffing gas, no gas fitter would make these statements, and I'm sure your winding us up. Fokin north sea gas indeed. Hahahahahha.
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....its been a few years i admit.Its just liquid or gas so at the end of the day its plumbing.
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i agree think bob had his head in too many paper bags in past but remember he does come from redruth ffs
