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[Jay w]

I am off to France again in July with the Omega and have been lookng at prices.
Eurotunnel are a couple of quid cheaper than the ferry, but they will not take cars that are dual fuel/LPG, HOWEVER they will take caravans with LPG containers within them.

I have emailed and asked why, but they cannot give me a sensable answer, modern LPG setups have twin solenoids, they are able to stand higher pressures than an LPG container and have an easier life as they are not manhandled in the same way.

any got any ideas why this rule could be, i have looked on the website but again there is no real conclusive answer

[Kevin Wood]

I guess there's liable to be more LPG in a car than in a caravan but it does seem a bit stupid. There probably isn't a sensible answer and it's just the H&S police.

I prefer the ferry anyway. Better view.

You could also save yourself a lot of driving for a night in the bar getting lashed on a ferry from closer to home, surely? (would cost a bit more, mind, even once you've saved the miles in the Omega)

Kevin

[miggy]

I am off to France again in July with the Omega and have been lookng at prices.
Eurotunnel are a couple of quid cheaper than the ferry, but they will not take cars that are dual fuel/LPG, HOWEVER they will take caravans with LPG containers within them.

I have emailed and asked why, but they cannot give me a sensable answer, modern LPG setups have twin solenoids, they are able to stand higher pressures than an LPG container and have an easier life as they are not manhandled in the same way.

any got any ideas why this rule could be, i have looked on the website but again there is no real conclusive answer

Seems a silly rule, are you taking a caravan with you and are you staying on British run sites if you are.

[TheBoy]

There are big signs saying no LPG.  No idea why. Probably too easy to use as a bomb? Or gas leaks could be too dangerous, being confined?

[Jay w]

i get terrible seasickness, so the shorter the trip the better  

we had thought about dosing me up and doing plymouth - roscoff but its then 300 miles of A roads, some of them are pretty poor as well, followed by the perephique? (paris ring road) and i have done that once.....never again, its worse than the M25!!!

Sister-in-law will be driving to Dover so that takes the strain off me a bit, i then get the french roads from 2 am onwards.....

oh well it's dover/calais again then

[The Elite]

Unrelated but I've always wanted to go into the toilets on the train about half way through the journey and get soaking wet then run down the train screaming WE'RE LEAKING, WE'RE LEAKING!!!!!

[Jay w]

Unrelated but I've always wanted to go into the toilets on the train about half way through the journey and get soaking wet then run down the train screaming WE'RE LEAKING, WE'RE LEAKING!!!!!

ROFL    

[Jay w]

I am off to France again in July with the Omega and have been lookng at prices.
Eurotunnel are a couple of quid cheaper than the ferry, but they will not take cars that are dual fuel/LPG, HOWEVER they will take caravans with LPG containers within them.

I have emailed and asked why, but they cannot give me a sensable answer, modern LPG setups have twin solenoids, they are able to stand higher pressures than an LPG container and have an easier life as they are not manhandled in the same way.

any got any ideas why this rule could be, i have looked on the website but again there is no real conclusive answer

Seems a silly rule, are you taking a caravan with you and are you staying on British run sites if you are.

No, we are renting a villa in the south, not far from Monte Carlo

[Paul M]

There are big signs saying no LPG.  No idea why. Probably too easy to use as a bomb? Or gas leaks could be too dangerous, being confined?

Propane is heavier than air so any leaks will collect at the lowest point. Not sure how they ventilate it, there must be some mechanism.

Saying that, I bet it's not very well enforced. If you have say a dual-fuel Volvo, the filler point is behind the petrol cap, and if you remove the badge there's no exterior sign of it. Only way to check is to look under the boot carpet or know what you're looking for in the engine compartment.

[MartinP]

You can go through if you can show the tank is empty  

A bit silly with the caravans though  :-/

[Vamps]

You can go through if you can show the tank is empty  

A bit silly with the caravans though  :-/

Is it a propane / butane thing?  different calorific values. Cars run on propane, most caravans carry butane. Don’t know the answer, just wondering, and trying to get 3 stars!!!!!!!!!!  

[Entwood]

You can go through if you can show the tank is empty  

A bit silly with the caravans though  :-/

Is it a propane / butane thing?  different calorific values. Cars run on propane, most caravans carry butane. Don’t know the answer, just wondering, and trying to get 3 stars!!!!!!!!!!  

Nowadays many regular caravanners use propane (red cylinder) all year round .. saves the hassle of changing regulators etc between summer and winter (butane - blue - is worse than useless in winter )

[Vamps]

You can go through if you can show the tank is empty  

A bit silly with the caravans though  :-/

Is it a propane / butane thing?  different calorific values. Cars run on propane, most caravans carry butane. Don’t know the answer, just wondering, and trying to get 3 stars!!!!!!!!!!  

Nowadays many regular caravanners use propane (red cylinder) all year round .. saves the hassle of changing regulators etc between summer and winter (butane - blue - is worse than useless in winter )

Yep. I know that, I use propane all year round, take it you are a caravaner, apparently brave on this site!
 

[Martin_1962]

I emailed once - bureaocratic rubbish

[Entwood]

You can go through if you can show the tank is empty  

A bit silly with the caravans though  :-/

Is it a propane / butane thing?  different calorific values. Cars run on propane, most caravans carry butane. Don’t know the answer, just wondering, and trying to get 3 stars!!!!!!!!!!  

Nowadays many regular caravanners use propane (red cylinder) all year round .. saves the hassle of changing regulators etc between summer and winter (butane - blue - is worse than useless in winter )

Yep. I know that, I use propane all year round, take it you are a caravaner, apparently brave on this site!
 

Ahhh they are not so bad ... just a bit of banter .. methinks this qualifies me as a 'vanner ... and they didn't excommunicate me when I posted them ..

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