netcam replied on 26/06/2022 19:49
Posted on 26/06/2022 19:49
Today, 18:44
We need to reduce our noseweight and do not want to move weight behind the axle. We are trying to achieve 70kg noseweight, which is the max recommended noseweight for our caravan.
With our fully laden caravan with a full 6kg Calor gas bottle, we get 75kg, without it, we get 65kg. We are thinking we would like to switch to a 5kg bottle of Flogas Gaslight, which should weigh 8.5 kg rather than 17kg and hopefully help us achieve 70kg noseweight.
We realise that Flogas is more expensive but will not be using gas that much, we have a portable induction hob as well as a gas one and our only other use for gas is the Truma heater, but we do not intend to use that much either.
However, we would like to know that we can use either of these gas appliances if we need to sometimes.
What we can't figure out is whether the regulator and hose on our caravan needs any conversion for Flogas Gaslight. The Flogas website says it is a 27mm regulator which I understand Calor also uses, but I have also read that it is a different type to Calor. However, our regulator is attached to the front locker and then there is a hose to attach to the gas bottle.
Apologies here, but we are still figuring all of this out and have not been on our first trip yet, so any advice would be welcome.
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