Good point. We shouldn't be using Propane indoors anyway, I understand.
I'm intrigued why not.
Me too. It was explained to me that theres' something about the way the gas "pools" when there's a leak that makes it more dangerous than Butane. Out in the sticks here, we all use gas bottles for our cookers and whenever I go to get a propane refill, I'm always warned not to use it inside. I recall being told this by Calor gas, too. On the other hand, my ex-mo inlaw had a static caravan whose cooker and heating was fuelled by two big, externally mounted, Propane cylinders.
that sounds highly likely, i shall give it a go. thank you.
I think it's, you shouldn't store cylinders indoors.
I'm sure you're right. So why is ok to keep butane cylinders indoors, ie in a cupboard adjacent to the cooker or in a heater, but not propane?
Both Butane and propane gases are more dense than air and will 'pool' in a still environment . Natural gas will not pool because it is lighter than air being mostly methane. However butane has a distinctive smell, and an odorant is added to natural gas when supplied to the grid, but unless they add an odorant to propane supplied as a fuel gas it is otherwise odourless, so perhaps that's why it is not recommended for non ventilated enclosures.
