How to Refill Camping Gas Canisters & Cartridges

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2 жыл бұрын

How to Refill Camping Gas Canisters & Cartridges -
Having watched @ScottishWanderer do this (you should check his channel, it's great,) I decided to have a go myself. I did encounter a problem the first time but that was user error and I talk about that in this video.
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@mikeodonovan7325 2 жыл бұрын

another top tip and explained in lay mans terms top notch geezer great insight for camping folk classssss

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mike :D

@Useaname 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you. Great tips about weighing and marking the cans.

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, I'm glad you've found it useful 👍😊

@Aditya897 3 ай бұрын

Informative

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 3 ай бұрын

I've filled 4 this week 👍😁

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 2 жыл бұрын

Having watched @ScottishWanderer do this (you should check his channel, it's great,) I decided to have a go myself. I did encounter a problem the first time but that was user error and I talk about that in this video. You can buy a single adapter here - amzn.to/3AaVZht I bought a 4 pack - amzn.to/3mnFgmb

@undefinednull5749 7 ай бұрын

The method of weighing is quite interesting. Nevertheless, I would advise a larger degree of safety, because gas mixtures can vary, I think. Also using two different weighing scales is important. Also maybe don't resur the same can too many times. The seals may be not designed to withstand many uses? I hope they are designed for that though.

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the ideas and concerns. I've been refilling these cans for a couple of years now, but I have several and cycle them :D

@undefinednull5749 7 ай бұрын

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner well, if any of them leaks eventually, you would need an early warning system such as an explosive gas detector. They work at like 40% or less of the LEL. (lower explosive (amount) level). Keep in mind that gas tends to leak downward (after losing momentum from the pressure it experienced) if its heavier than air (and a AFAIR it is) and thus it accumulates there. Any amount of static electricity such as rubbing your hand or pants etc could be enough for any small pocket of explosive mixture. You never know how uniformly the gas is mixing in the air. The detector could have some short delay or not detect what is a small space further yet. These are some. Considerations I have in mind. I recommend to get a proper refillable gas cylinder for safety reasons. For example they even make 1lb ones. Or 0.5 kg.

@undefinednull5749 7 ай бұрын

Some anecdote here: if for some reason you can't use the proper reusable 1lb ones, then at least maybe use them not more than 8 times (as someone has had a failure after 9th) and use the ones which had propane in them as that is a higher pressure gas than butane and thus it is more likely it is built with this in mind. Nevertheless, the proper reusable ones cost about 30 usd only on amazon for example..

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 7 ай бұрын

@@undefinednull5749 good to know 👍 I favour propane blends because as you know, it works in cold weather 👍😁

@rambledogs2012 2 жыл бұрын

That canister wouldn't rupture just by filling it that way, it would take a lot of pressure before going pop. More than likely a fault in the can itself.

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I reckon so. And the lesson here - don't be a tight arse like me and buy cheap canisters in the first place 😏 Nevertheless, you still wouldn't expect that to happen!

@rambledogs2012 2 жыл бұрын

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner Nah, even cheap ones have to follow guidelines for safety. Unless you got them from wish. Lol

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 2 жыл бұрын

@@rambledogs2012 how did you guess! 🤣

@rambledogs2012 2 жыл бұрын

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner Oh you know, all those years of knowing you..lol

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 2 жыл бұрын

@@rambledogs2012 😂🤣😂

@YorkshireBeaver 4 ай бұрын

Never tried doing this yet. So are those donor cans all for filling lighters & are they all same fitting? (Ive got campingaz cv300 cartridges so not sure if its same adaptor as colmans. )

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 4 ай бұрын

Yeah the Campinggaz ones are different. The donor cans are for camping stoves - those larger flat ones in a black case.

@angelag4018 3 ай бұрын

Great video. Quick question - I have the same coleman 100g as the one in your video which is a butane/propane mix. It's half full but I want to top it up before a camping trip this weekend. However, the canister I want to use to refill it is pure butane. Do you know if it's safe to mix the two or should I not do that?

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 3 ай бұрын

It's perfectly fine. The reason butane and propane are mixed is because butane doesn't burn well at low temperatures. Adding more butane will only make it better suited for warmer weather however you can always keep the canister out of the cold until you need it 👍😁

@angelag4018 3 ай бұрын

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner Great. Thanks for the response 😊

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 3 ай бұрын

@@angelag4018 you're welcome, I hope it makes sense. By all means, let me know how you get on 👍😁

@TamourTahir 7 ай бұрын

I am not hearing a hiss. Is it due to half can i am filling with?

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 7 ай бұрын

Possibly.

@Eric_Tennant 3 ай бұрын

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 3 ай бұрын

Hello!

@craigr306 Жыл бұрын

What about when pressure equaliser between cans

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 11 ай бұрын

I'm not sure what you mean... Think about filling a lighter from a butane can - there are no issues there and you're going from metal can to plastic lighter. Here you're going from can to can.

@craigr306 11 ай бұрын

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner when the pressure is greater in the Colman than the lighter can

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 11 ай бұрын

@@craigr306 like I say, cig lighters and refill cans - if it was a problem then it would had shown long before now.

@ainhatda8807 4 ай бұрын

Freeze the bottle that you want to fill and transfer the fuel later

@martkt10 2 жыл бұрын

I used a petrol coleman stove when i used to go camping or fishing

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 2 жыл бұрын

A multi fuel one?

@martkt10 2 жыл бұрын

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner Just unleaded petrol

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 2 жыл бұрын

@@martkt10 wow, not heard of one of those... Were you cooking on your car engine cylinder block? 😁😋

@countryside_guy Жыл бұрын

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner Coleman Sportster stove. They can run on unleaded petrol. I used one daily for 19 months whilst I was homeless in a tent. They are excellent. I used to add a few mls of Redex each fill to help keep the soot build up to a minimum in the generator to prevent clogging, worked a treat. Cost about 2.5 pence to boil 600mls of very cold water. A litre of petrol would last me around 7 days so they are incredibly cheap to run.

@Finch5460 3 ай бұрын

I don't get it I was expecting the refilling to be done from a big orange propane bottle why fill up from a can that's pretty much the same price as the can your filling

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 3 ай бұрын

Are you kidding? The 4 packs of A4 cans are way cheaper than the dumpy cans.

@sayyadfaisal Ай бұрын

Hello, I have cv470 plus. Will this adapter work on it?

@YorkshireBeaver 4 ай бұрын

Can i ask if you’ve ever tried topping up a half full canister? Or if it only works into empty ones. BTW home bargains have 4pack gas for £4.50 at mo.

@MoreThanJustaCleaner 4 ай бұрын

I've found it doesn't matter either way.

@YorkshireBeaver 4 ай бұрын

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner ok ta