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beefy

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DONT TRY THIS AT HOME
« on: 08:33:27, 13/02/16 »

hi guys beefy here  8)
if you want to save some money on gas cylinders try this ...  ;D
i cannot be held responsible for any damage / losses ...  :D


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Re: DONT TRY THIS AT HOME
« Reply #1 on: 09:05:37, 13/02/16 »
Fantastic Beefy! What are those two adaptors called and how much are they. I'm sick of paying a fortune for gas. O0

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« Reply #2 on: 09:05:49, 13/02/16 »
Mad as a box of frogs ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Re: DONT TRY THIS AT HOME
« Reply #3 on: 12:24:19, 13/02/16 »
Hmm.. How do you ensure all the gas goes from one cylinder to the other? I would have thought that once the pressures across the cylinders equalised, the transfer would stop? ??? Or is there more to that adapter than meets the eye? It just looked like a normal valve to me..

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Re: DONT TRY THIS AT HOME
« Reply #4 on: 12:41:45, 13/02/16 »
 :2funny: :2funny: Brilliant  ;D ;D
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« Reply #5 on: 13:26:14, 13/02/16 »
Hmm.. How do you ensure all the gas goes from one cylinder to the other? I would have thought that once the pressures across the cylinders equalised, the transfer would stop? ??? Or is there more to that adapter than meets the eye? It just looked like a normal valve to me..

Once the gas pressure equalises, there will be no transfer due to gas pushing contents from 1 bottle to the other, but the liquid portion will continue to flow with gravity, so it should work fairly well.
 
Imagine doing the same with lemonade and an empty bottle - the equalisation of pressure doesn't stop the flow of liquid to the lower bottle.

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Re: DONT TRY THIS AT HOME
« Reply #6 on: 13:38:35, 13/02/16 »

Informative and amusing  O0

I assumed you put a B on the canister to stop it being stolen by A.

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Re: DONT TRY THIS AT HOME
« Reply #7 on: 20:32:15, 13/02/16 »
What could possibly go wrong?  ;0/ .  Improvised equipment and gas canisters / cylinders are a bad combination.  The non return valves on the receiving cylinder, for instance won't have a millenia life expectancy and will eventually fail.
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Re: DONT TRY THIS AT HOME
« Reply #8 on: 12:19:20, 14/02/16 »
I think the title of this topic is all that needs to be said!

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« Reply #9 on: 15:05:19, 14/02/16 »
Nice one, just missing some bolognaise sauce :)

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Re: DONT TRY THIS AT HOME
« Reply #10 on: 16:10:01, 14/02/16 »
Beefy i F---ing love the ending  :2funny:  what an absolute belter  O0 
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Re: DONT TRY THIS AT HOME
« Reply #11 on: 19:09:12, 14/02/16 »
 ;D

You leave him alone for 5 minutes and look what happens  :o  ;) It's no wonder I do all the cooking  :)

Hmm.. How do you ensure all the gas goes from one cylinder to the other? I would have thought that once the pressures across the cylinders equalised, the transfer would stop? ??? Or is there more to that adapter than meets the eye? It just looked like a normal valve to me..

It does work, we end up with an empty cylinder and a full cylinder  :)

What could possibly go wrong?  ;0/ .

I think the title of this topic is all that needs to be said!

Despite Beefys video to the contrary, nothing has gone wrong. I have to admit I was slightly dubious at first but we have used the adaptor and filled our gas canisters for about 9 months now and they have been used every weekend. No leaks, no explosions, no worries at all and we have saved so much money and are paying less than a quarter of the amount that gas normally costs. We did have a problem with a remote canister stove but that was a faulty stove and nothing to do with the gas itself  :)
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Re: DONT TRY THIS AT HOME
« Reply #12 on: 20:14:14, 14/02/16 »
I've just bought one but one I can use straight from my caravan propane bottle, now that's going to save some money. Thanks Beefy.
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Re: DONT TRY THIS AT HOME
« Reply #13 on: 23:59:14, 14/02/16 »
Using pure propane in a lightweight camping stove canister is far from clever - the cans are meant for propane/butane/isobutane mix and aren't designed for the higher pressure propane exerts at the same temperature.

Butane has a much lower vapour pressure so is likely to be perfectly fine - not sure if the stoves will burn as well if they are designed for mix gas though.

>> THIS << is what a small propane cylinder looks like




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Re: DONT TRY THIS AT HOME
« Reply #14 on: 06:49:58, 15/02/16 »
Using pure propane in a lightweight camping stove canister is far from clever - the cans are meant for propane/butane/isobutane mix and aren't designed for the higher pressure propane exerts at the same temperature.

Butane has a much lower vapour pressure so is likely to be perfectly fine - not sure if the stoves will burn as well if they are designed for mix gas though.

>> THIS << is what a small propane cylinder looks like


Thanks for the tip ill just use my butane cylinder in that case  O0
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