Gas consumption

[freeflow]

Hi just out of interest, how long do people find there gas bottle last with wild camping in winter/autumn and a truma combi heating system standard four-burner cooker,etc?I know how long is a piece of string...just trying to figure how long an 11kg propane bottle could last

[stevec176]

I get about 4 days from a 6kg bottle but it will all depend on how cold you want your fridge and how hot you want your van. There have been similar questions on this subject so try doing a search and see what comes up. This link might be of use.

https://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/Gas-usage-/52378/

[Derek Uzzell]

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I understand that you own a 2006 Adria Coral 680 SL motorhome, which is a coachbuilt low-profile design about 7 metres in length. (2005 example here)

 

http://motorhomesltd.com/product/adria-coral-680-sl-2005/

 

Given the age of your Coral motorhome, I think your heater will be a Trumatic C model rather than the “Combi” appliance that came later and technical details (including gas consumption data) of Trumatic C appliances can be found here

 

https://dealernew.truma.com/_anweisungen/Truma_Katalog/2%20gb/trumatic_c_gb/trumatic_c_gb.html

 

Gas consumption will depend on which heater you have (ie. a 4kW or a 6kW variant) and what use you make of it when wild camping - which will in turn depend on where you are camping and how warm (or cold) the weather is there. Wild camping on a skiing trip could be expected to use a lot of gas, with an 11kg propane canister being exhausted in a matter of days: wild camping at the seaside in southern Spain in Autumn/Winter you might only occasionally choose to put the heater on. Similarly with cooking - how much do you do? And don’t forget the fridge that will be using gas whenever your motorhome is not being driven.

 

You might want to browse through this early 2018 forum thread that discussed a similar enquiry.

 

https://forums.outandaboutlive.co.uk/forums/Motorhomes/Motorhome-Matters/How-much-gas-do-you-use-/48942/

 

[weldted]

If your winter camping, how you insulate against heat loss play a large part of you energy needs. Thermal windscreen covers, carpet on the floor stopping drafts but maintaining ventilation all help. Our 2012 Elddis Aspire 255 with all its faults proved to be a very comfortable van in low temperatures. It had tha Alde wet heating system which warmed the walls of the van which in turn radiated heat. Proved to be efficient a 44 litre LPG tank would last 20/25 days in temperature overnight of -5c. Our new A class Burstner may prove somewhat different as it has Truma blow air and much more glass. Neither were used with a windscreen cover as wild camped and always left the cover off in case (but never had too) we had to move. Just enjoy yourself .

[spirou]

PVC with decent insulation, up to 10 days at -15 to 0°C. More commonly a week on 11kg bottle. But...we don't spend much if any time inside during the day and we're not the frozen types so it lasts a bit longer than most.

[Conrad]

Don't like elastic string, so got a refillable bottle with our van. Can use the sensor on the base to tell me how much gas is left, and top it up if getting close to call for planned trips. For what it's worth, we use on average 1 litre a day (ie 1/2 kg in ready filled bottles) for cooking and fridge, central heating run from diesel. Got to know a C&MC club warden recently, who told me most site wardens run their caravans on bottles campers have exchanged before they are empty, because they need a full one for their holiday.

 

 

[Ocsid]

IMO it is the space heating that is the most significant "user" of LPG.

For this the amount used over time will be greatly influenced by a number of factors.

Including, the ambient temperature outside, how warm you need to be and pattern of different internal temperature needed through the 24 hours, plus significantly by the motorhomes size and the “quality" of its insulation.

We also find using the blinds helps keep things a bit warmer.

 

It is not unknown to get through 6 kg on an inclement 3 day weekend where you are “house bound” for most of the time.

[Zydeco Joe]

Use our van year round with over 6 months in Europe (Spain in winter). Apart from Spain don't use many sites like just back last Thursday from 2 months in France just 2 nights on campsite and a few other nights using electric hook ups and this time of year gas use is ok. Couple of tips (1) Silver Screens work well in cold weather, have pull around curtains as well in our Carado T135 -6 meter van, these not only save gas but by not having a cold cab gives a bigger space inside. (2) turn fridge to 3 with no real drop in fridge temp, food stays good and cold including the freezer part. (3) Warm blanket on bed so no need for heating all night unless very cold like on way to Spain in late December. (4) Don't keep water heater on, just use when needed and use a pan to heat water for washing etc and use a lid on pan to help it boil quicker. Have got a under floor tank 55 Lt capacity and gas price is much cheaper , just paid 52p per Lt on Thursday in Staffordshire (much cheaper than France )Hope this helps. B-)

[freeflow]

thanks all