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Post by Firefox on Jan 22, 2015 1:04:47 GMT
I get through about a 6kg bottle a month. Some heating, some cooking, some fridge. Fulltiming. Costs £9 to refill so economical over the year £200 or less.
I don't go overboard on anything. Probably what I spend on heating in winter, I use on the fridge in the summer. I have a small van and a 90 litre fridge so easy to heat and run.
A good rule of thumb is about 0.1+ kg per hour for small appliances. So you get about 50-60 hours use from a 6kg bottle.
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Post by robmac on Jan 22, 2015 8:44:37 GMT
I had the dregs of a 6kg bottle left before I went to Scotland so bought a new bottle expecting to change it within a couple of days of the holiday starting. It lasted all week, finally expiring on the last day, and we had been using the heating a lot over the week!
I have been using that bottle for several meets now and was pleasantly surprised.
Having now connected the new bottle, we are keeping a log of exactly when it is used. I will post the results when it expires again.
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Post by penny13 on Jan 22, 2015 11:03:56 GMT
Not as technical as you boys but I know when I switched the fridge off in my bus my gas bill was £3 ish instead of the normal £9, on hook up now and I turn it off at night and back on in the morning to keep electric down !
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Post by Rubbertramp on Jan 22, 2015 21:42:57 GMT
1 six kilo bottle a month in winter but seven kilos of Butane lasts 3 months in the summer...full time van dwelling!
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Post by fulltimer on Jan 22, 2015 22:06:42 GMT
Not as technical as you boys but I know when I switched the fridge off in my bus my gas bill was £3 ish instead of the normal £9, on hook up now and I turn it off at night and back on in the morning to keep electric down ! you're right those fridges can get through the gas but I wouldn't bother switching off when on hook up Penny, the 240v fridge element is only around 125 watts and most of the time it won't be using anything anyway if you don't open the door to often
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Post by penny13 on Jan 22, 2015 23:18:09 GMT
Not as technical as you boys but I know when I switched the fridge off in my bus my gas bill was £3 ish instead of the normal £9, on hook up now and I turn it off at night and back on in the morning to keep electric down ! you're right those fridges can get through the gas but I wouldn't bother switching off when on hook up Penny, the 240v fridge element is only around 125 watts and most of the time it won't be using anything anyway if you don't open the door to often There in lyes the problem thanks Mark will leave it on
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Post by X on Jan 26, 2015 14:07:32 GMT
A 13 kg in 3_days if really cold !
Sent from my Nexus 4 using proboards
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Post by Firefox on Jan 26, 2015 14:13:53 GMT
Thermal underwear costs much less than propane
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Post by stonedaddy on Jan 26, 2015 20:39:14 GMT
Just about saw off a 13kg on the week long St Andrews, Ribblehead,Settle trip last week. .... tom ....
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Post by Firefox on Jan 27, 2015 11:32:46 GMT
I think I must be one of the most stingy full timer gas users ever, even though I do get it cheap at about £9.00 for 6 kg.
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Post by outtolunch on Jan 27, 2015 12:45:23 GMT
I get my propane from the Flo gas main depot at £20 for 11kg which saves almost £6 on getting it from an agent and makes the costs of fitting a refillable system uneconomic with my current usage pattern which has few winter trips
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Post by Firefox on Jan 27, 2015 13:07:35 GMT
11kg for £20 is good value, not far off Autogas pump prices.
LPG should be down at 50-60p a litre with reduced oil prices but I have seen many BP and Shell still milking it at 75p a litre.
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Post by stonedaddy on Jan 27, 2015 19:25:13 GMT
I get my 13kg bottle from Calor main dept at swinton, cost 27 pound. A 6khg bottle from the same place is 22 pound, don't know why they are so dear. .... Tom ....
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