tomdrumbrae Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 https://www.dropbox.com/s/3t1519ou863fn85/20171025_120919%20B.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/6jfcb0m3eif3jkr/20171025_120923%20C.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/wumwmy5bg1lid74/20171025_120741%20A.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/bvup75brgucx6a4/20171025_120933%20D.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/37iuxzjsjsy6czh/20171025_171534%20E.jpg?dl=0 Adaptors are required if you want to fill up with GPL on the continent. This post concerns the dish shaped adaptor that is used in France and Portugal. I have attached photos that show the good and bad adaptors that I have come across. The points to note are 1. The length of the thread is about 4mm longer on the good adaptor. 2. The rubber seal on the good adaptor is bigger and more robust. The rubber seal on the poor adaptor is smaller does not provide a good seal and this will result in gas escaping when you try and fill up. 3. The good adaptor is machined from a billet of brass. The hole through the centre is about 8mm. The outside edge has a twin knurling machine on. 4. The poor adaptor has a large hole through the middle and is not circular, very slightly oval 5. The poor adaptor is a cast and then machined. The machine work is not the best. I would not recommend the poor adaptors about £8-£10 on "fleebay" . This was a complete waste of money. Decent good adaptor is around £18-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmerson Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Your opinion, Tom, but I've been using what you describe as the "bad" one for ten years now, with no problems, except to replace the rubber ring. I don't know how old it is really, as I was given it at a LPG station in Eeklo, Belgium, in 2007. I also have an Irish one which looks to be made by the same company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomdrumbrae Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 I agree with the last post that there is nothing particularly wrong with what I marked as a bad adaptor. Maybe I just got a poor quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert123 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I to have been using what you call 'the bad one' for a long time, about five years, no problems at all with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 The LPG ‘dish’ adapter (example here) https://www.autogasshop.co.uk/autogas-lpg-euro-dish-adapter-2-p.asp is available in short or long versions. A cursory GOOGLE-search reveals that the asking-price can vary significantly, with Tom’s ‘good’ design offered for under £10 (example here) http://www.lpgshop.co.uk/uk-bayonet-to-dish-pl-italy-france-filling-point-adapter/ and the ‘bad’ design offered for well over £20 (example here) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Furtzer%C2%AE-autogas-filling-adapter-version/dp/B072L3NV8M/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1508998115&sr=8-7&keywords=lpg+filling+adapter The dish adapter I’ve been using for 15 years or so is the short design (Tom’s ‘bad’ version) and I’ve never had any difficulties with it when filling with LPG. But it’s likely that quality will vary and, if the ‘dish’ part of the adapter is oval, the LPG fillier nozzle probably won’t connect properly to the adapter and gas leakage will occur. In principle then, there might be bad ‘good design’ adapters being marketed. However, as the long-design adapter looks more robust and better engineered than the short version and is available for around a tenner, that should be the better choice if buying a new one. (Presumably there are vehicle-related reasons for there being short and long versions of this adapter, but for filling LPG bottles both designs should be suitable.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agaric Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Just had a look at my Gas it dish, it is what is described by the OP as poor, but is never the less robust in its construction. I had a look at a Gaslow one which seems to be much the same, the only diference being the Gas it is £5.45 and the Gaslow £17.50. Just over a week ago I pulled up behind a lady filling her car up with GPL at Carrefour, the dish she unscrewed looked identical to mine. So one presumes that these are not poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomdrumbrae Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 In relation to my post bad was a poor choice of word. So replace "bad" with "dud" in the text and the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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