discoteca
Member Since: 08 Mar 2010
Location: Warwickshire
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Someone remind me please do the lite cylinders need a different connection hose to the standard 6kg bottles?
I seem to remember when we bought our van needing to change the hose before I could use the lite bottles but might have imagined it (it might have been on the previous van that came with blue bottles rather than red where I had to change a hose). If so, I'll need to find the old hose.
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 23rd Jun 2017 9:45 am |
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Jarvis
Member Since: 16 Dec 2009
Location: West Berkshire
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No, only need to change if you swap between propane and butane (but I never remember which is which)
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| 23rd Jun 2017 10:19 am |
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Navigator
Member Since: 17 Mar 2010
Location: Stay at Home. One of the lives you save could be your own.
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There is now information from Calor that the Lite cylinders will remain in service (assuming they individually keep passing the safety checks) until the new replacements come out.
Problem will still be finding them if they are just lumped in with the heavies. A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
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| 23rd Jun 2017 10:46 am |
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BorisBarKeep
Member Since: 13 Dec 2012
Location: Northants
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Good if true that they will remain until a replacement - a matter of common sense for Calor I'd have thought as they'd rapidly lose market share if they didn't have a lite offering
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| 23rd Jun 2017 11:06 am |
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MorganD379
Member Since: 29 Sep 2016
Location: SA62 3PP
Posts: 425
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I use the Gas light bottle, had to change the connection and also upgraded the hose at the same time from rubber to stainless braided... The connection is a 27 mm clip on, like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152592263343
I use the larger 10kg bottle, which only just fits in, will take a photo tomorrow as dragging it out of storage for a clean if it's any help to anyone?
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| 24th Jun 2017 2:57 am |
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al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
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after some digging around over the weekend, seems Calor have already taken about 90% of the Lite bottles out of use. Its a matter of trawling the stockists to find if any have an odd one left. I got lucky at 8am this morning that a small DIY shop ner me had one left, so I grabbed it. Should see me OK through to 2018 (if that really is when Calor have a replacement out).
Al Volvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
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| 26th Jun 2017 7:57 am |
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