Transporting and using gas outdoors
Using Gas during the Summer Festive Season
Have you considered all the safety aspects when using your gas cylinder when travelling on vacation or spending time with family and friends in the outdoors? We asked our friends from Afrox and the LPGSASA for advice on how to do so safely:
Transporting and using Gas on a Caravan holiday
Every LPGas cylinder has a marking of two arrows pointing upwards. This is to indicate that the cylinders must be stored, transported and used in an upright position.
Many people often those travelling to a holiday destination lie their cylinders down in the boot of their car, bakkie or caravan.
An LPGas cylinder contains both a liquid and a vapour - the liquid being the gas which has been compressed or put under pressure which converts it into a liquid. By so doing one v\can ‘pack’ considerable more energy into the cylinder. If a gas cylinder is not upright and leaks, it will be a liquid (not vapour) which is released and which is potentially far more hazardous.
The simple rule: always transport a cylinder in an upright position and secured so it cannot topple over.
When using the cylinder, especially with a large appliance connected directly to it, make sure that the cylinder is on a flat, even surface.
Where cylinders are used externally, and even more so when in or near water, always check the underside of the cylinder for signs of rust or corrosion.
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