Gas bottles.

[Chris Bacon]

Spotted in the hedge, some orange propane bottles, 1x3.9KG,

1x13KG, 1 bigger, with taps and plugs - worth retrieving?

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

3.9K yes, big bottle nah.

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

[zikkimalambo]

Yep,

Retreive them than tell Calor where they can come and collect them.

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

I think he means retrieving for himself? the smaller type you have to pay a £10 deposite if you want a bottle of propane at a filling location, otherwise it's £10 for a refill with bottle supplied.

13Kg you don't get nuffink for it.

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

[Holly, in France]

Yes, you could make a diy sandblasting pot. With which you wouldn't want to sandblast timber of course :-) Also, our local fire-extinguisher salesman told me recently that we could re-use an old extinguisher to hold compressed air, ready at all times to inflate wheels etc. Suppose you could do the same with a gas bottle if you were so inclined, had the right fittings etc.....

-- Holly, in France Holiday Home in Dordogne

[Huge]

Financially? No.

Environmentally? Yes.

Or you could give them to whoever it is here makes them into wood-burning stoves.

[Mike Harrison]

Pity you've missed Halloween....

[zaax]

Make sure they are not being used. BT sometimes leave them in the hedge to charge the phone system

[Owain]

I think Calor have a scheme on at the moment if you hand in lost bottles they donate to charity?

Not personally lucrative but the environment and some good cause would both benefit.

Owain

[Andy Dingley]

Yep, I'd always wondered how they powered the phone system!

[Andy Dingley]

Do you want to tidy the hedge up?

They're of no commercial value to you. If they're Calor bottles, Calor _may_ give Childline a fiver for them if you take them back. You'll never get a "deposit" back on propane.

If you want to buy some, they're a couple of quid each at my local dump

- any size, often half-full.

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Andy Dingley wrote: [snip]

And this why Calor/filling stations charge a deposit because they're ending up in a scrap metal yard.

p.s he's got one for free why would he want to pay for one?

-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

[Dave Liquorice]

Why would BT be using propane "to charge the phone system". Dry nitrogen yes but propane?

[Dave]

Gas, phone? They fit together quite well :-)

I'll get my coat.

Dave

[Roger]

The message from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

ISTM that you have that the wrong way round. Calor gas bottles got dumped because Calor agents would only give a refund if the original invoice showing the amount of the original deposit was produced.

[Dave Fawthrop]

| Spotted in the hedge, some orange propane bottles, 1x3.9KG, | 1x13KG, 1 bigger, with taps and plugs - worth retrieving?

If you *need* them personally Yes, otherwise No.

[Cernnunos]

Ooo, any one know who it is, do they have instructions, is there a web page I can look at? I once saw one years ago at an American Civil War display and thought how good they are and how useful they would be when our own re-enactment group go camping on a cold night.

Andy