Leisure Gas tank - as fitted by steve - how long will it las

[mikey9]

A couple of peeps have asked about how much "leisure"you can get from a 10KG leisure gas tank (I am assuming this holds 80% capacity in liquid form).

This has been a difficult one to calculate as:
1. The guage is innacessible due to the way the tank has to be fitted
2. The guages appear wildly innacurrate
3. Whenever i fill up with vehicle gas - this fills the leisure gas tank.....

So- having the need to empty the tank completely (long story) I have been running the following continuously:

2 burner hob - both on full
Propex heating - on hot
Electrolux Fridge - on gas

I have managed 11 hours continuous use - generally heating the atmosphere on the warmest day so far. The hobs were still going strong - but the guage reads empty.

So - if you go camping with someone who insists on sitting in an oven - but wants continuous hot tea with cold milk - you can go away for 11 hours

Or more sensibly - you get a hellovalotof leisure for £5 (filling cost of 10 litres)

Hope this is useful to someone.

[DiscoDave]

as daft as it seems that's a brilliant experiment! i've got a 6kg tank so i guess i'd get arround 6 hours with all the stuff on!

nice one!

[mikey9]

Tis still going! - another 3 hours with everything on so in total 14 hours - unfortunately it is sooooo hot - even with the door open and all the vents - the heating is cutting out (as I guess the thermostat is being exceeded).

[Stefvan]

I tried this last year and after 12 hours gave up and disconnected the regulator... still took 45 minutes on full blast... pity the environment ! Theres my carbon footprint gone for the year ! I reckon one of those full leisure tanks (I have the same one) will last 48 hours with everything on full... although I'm guesstimating... I reckon permanent fridge and occasional cooker (ie normal use) about 2 weeks ?

[mikey9]

The results are in - finally.

Summary
It took about 16 hours in total to empty the 10KG tank with the following on for (nearly) all that time:

2 burner hob - both rings on full
Propex heating - on hot
Electrolux Fridge - on gas

I reckon that would be good for over two weeks camping with use of propex in evening/overnight on thermostat. (obviously depending how warm your missus wants the van ).

[Strange Brew]

We are having the exact lpg system fitted to our autosleeper later this year by Steve, so info came in very handy in persuading Ms Strange Brew of the benefits !! Cheers

[busbuddy]

my 20kg tank off steve into which I put 14.93 litres has so far done 17 days of heater/hot water/cooker/fridge and still says it has 30% left

not bad for an £8.50 fill up

[lhd]

The guage is innacessible due to the way the tank has to be fitted

Not wanting to ruff any feathers but whats the point of a gauge if you can't see it?
I thought these were made to fit.