Travelling with gas safely

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Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is easily transported and it is a popular energy source for cooking, heating, hot water, refrigeration and lighting for recreational use on boats, in caravans, in campervans and for camping. Specific installation requirements for installing cylinders on boats and in caravans or campervans are given in Australian Standard AS5601-2004 Gas Installations.

The cylinders used in boats, campervans and caravans are typically much smaller than those fixed outside the home and are generally only 9 kg capacity. These 9 kg and smaller cylinders popular in barbecues, camping stoves and lamps are usually filled by decanting LPG from a storage cylinder, at a service station or LPG supplier, but not from an Autogas bowser.

In campervans, caravan, marine and barbecue applications the moderately high pressure inside the cylinder is not applied directly to piping or to appliances. Instead a 'regulator' is used to control the pressure to a steady low level. Camping stoves and lamps, however, may be designed to operate directly on cylinder pressure and some use non-refillable LPG containers.