Gas bottles

"If you look at the sticky list of where you can fill safefill their are loads on the list where lpg pump has being removed, and even more where no longer allowing safefill."

My local Morrisons PFS does LPG and I believe most Morrisons do.

I filled my bottle there this morning. Being a newbie I was very grateful for assistance from the MoHo owner on the other side of the pump who showed me how everything worked.  I was struggling as the instructions on the pump were not clear. 

70p per litre was the pump price. A bargain!

Chris

I have just read a thread by someone saying their safefill had split, twice my safefill has overfilled, 7.5 kg. gas + 4.1 kg. for the bottle =11.6 kg. my scales usually weigh 12.0 kg.

yesterday when I come home it is weighing 14.00 kg. so it looks like I have 9.5 kg. in a 7.5 kg. bottle, so I don't doubt someone having a split bottle

Can I return to this thread.

I now have two SafeFill 11KG bottles the first bought brand new and, as instructed only filled to 15 litres on a first fill. The 2nd is a nearly new bottle where I was the winning bidder on an Ebay auction. When  collected it appears to be over half full with gas. 

It follows that I have yet to need to refill either.

My question: When I visit Morrisons to refill how will I know when the bottle is full? Does it blow off so that  there is a clear audible signal? 

If I wait until the bottle is completely empty things are relatively easy. I just put in 19 litres then I know it is full. But if it just getting low that is when my query will arise. 

Chris

Don’t know if it’s the same with Safefill but with our Gaslow system the pump automatically cuts out, or reduces to an extremely slow fill rate, when they reach the correct level.

Search "Safefill Filling Instructions" on Google.  Loads of YouTube instructional videos.  Simples.

I've had a couple of Safefill bottles for 2/3 years and have never filled them myself!!  Fortunately, our 'local' camping shop (Jacksons of Arley) have LPG and they do it for you.... 🙂  I don't have my bottles handy, but don't they have a circulat card on the top of the bottles, with the instructions..  or have I mistaken this for something else... 

David

Neither the yellow label on top of the cylinder nor SafeFill's pdf gives such detail. I now have this from another site:

"They did say when filling listen to the pump, when you start it should pump quickly then when it is nearly full the pump will slow down and should shut off almost immediately. If it does not shut off within a few seconds then let go of the fill button. ....."

Chris

All Safefill bottles have an overfill protection valve.

This cuts in when the bottle is 80% full and cuts the pump off in much the same way as a petrol/diesel pump will cut out when the fuel tank is full.