Tips on refilling and using your refillable gas bottle system.
Some simple recommendations with regard using your refillable gas bottle systems.
Using Twin bottle systems.
When using a twin bottle refillable system we always recommend that you alternate using gas from either bottles every 2 to 3 fills. We recommend you do this so you don’t keep using the same bottle as the main gas supply ( let’s call it bottle 1 ) and you never use the gas out of bottle 2 ( for example). Carrying out this alternating process after every few fills will allow you to maintain a correct gas level in both bottles whilst at the same time allowing both bottles valves to be used during the filling and gas out process. If you don’t alternate taking gas from either bottle you can have a problem when the bottle that is never used can overfill - because every time you fill bottle one ( on a twin bottle system with 1 fill point ) a small amount of gas can be forced past the valve on bottle 2 and these small amounts of gas will eventually cause over filling and create a full bottle ( on the one you never use ).
If you have a Auto or manual changeover valve fitted, this has nothing to do with the filling of your GAS IT bottles as these change over devices are connected to the manual outlet taps via pigtails and only control gas leaving the bottle to your gas regualtor / appliences.
Turn your gas bottles on and off occasionally
Due to the ease of use of our GAS IT refillable bottles it is very common for refillable gas bottles to not have the manual outlet tap turned off at any time which can lead to dirt from the gas build up on the valve as the valve / tap is continuously left open. We recommend that you open and shut the outlet tap on the bottles as often as you use the system to allow the tap to get used and thus self clean any potential dirty away plus the safety aspect of turning a gas bottle off when not is use is also a bonus.
Refilling your GAS IT bottles.
Never try to overfill a refillable bottle. When refilling a GAS IT bottle at the Autogas pump, the fill speed ( the speed the ltrs increase on the pump's display ) should be constant and this speed will become familiar. When full the bottle will stop automatically using the built in float level stop valve but should you at any time see the speed on the litres display drop to a point that is noticeably slow or you note that the pump is taking more time to fill than normal then immediately stop attempting to fill as your bottles are likely to be already full. We also recommend getting to know the litres the bottles hold from empty so you pre recognise when the bottle is getting toward full. This is important because if you keep your hand on the pump button and force extra gas pass the valve ( which is trying to stop you filling ) there can be safety issues plus on very rare occasions autogas tanks and bottles can get over filled if the forecourt pump is faulty and over pressure so its always worth noting that if something doesn't seem right when filling stop filling and seek advice.