Butane gas cartridge

Cowboy7307 · Senior Member

Butane gas cartridge

jade46 · Senior Member

I found the same problem with Bunnings cylinders. Half full the heat dropped off. I gave it away and went another way

Tony LEE · Guru

Save them for warmer days

Stewart · Senior Member

I found the one from Anaconda froze and wouldn't work properly. The ones from Kmart work well untill empty. Cheers Stewart

Whenarewethere · Guru

I have used thousands of touch up spray cans from CR Laurence & use to heat them up in hot water in winter. In summer I sometimes use to cool them down a bit. It depended on the paint texture I was trying to achieve. But I would be more careful with butane cans.

orid · Senior Member

I use them you need to warm them up in warm water and or shake em to get the last drop out , Bit of a pain .

I have tried most brands ,same quirk.

Regards Orid

tea spoon · Senior Member

big w ones are good in the box of 12 .......if they dont empty out wait till they warm up then use the last bit up as i do ........i have a double cooker and use it most days in my place ......it is way cheaper and quicker than an electric cooker ...

Craig1 · Guru

A big warning on disposal. One is reported to have caught fire in a Recycle Collection Truck in Lavington(part of Albury) on Tuesday. Supposed to have been in the recycle bin and caught fire when the load was compacted. Driver dumped his load onto the surburban street and called fire brigade.

I do not know how full the cartridge was.

What do you do with yours?

bomurra · Veteran Member

This is completely normal, Chemistry 101 - when a gas transitions from a liquid phase to a gaseous phase, it causes cooling, (that is basically why a frefigerator works). However in the case of your butane can/stove, it freezes up the knozzle/regulator and reduces the gas flow. This is purely a side effect of this type of cannister stove design.

peatop · Senior Member

I have been using these for a few years, mainly when I didn't want to take the 9kg gas bottle away, as bomurra says it just a fact of bottled gas, I tend to use these near empty bottles just to cook toast as they are perfect for this. I usually buy mine by the box of 12 but I find even then the cost difference to using the 2 or 3 burner stove with the 9kg bottle is very high, but they are very handy when you pull into a wayside stop for a coffee wink

Fester55 · Veteran Member

When my Bunning's ones start to slow down I pull them out, give them a good shake, reinsert them and keep going. They go back to working and then slow down again.

I repeat this process until the canister is empty.

Cupie · Guru

I have blowtorch attachment that I use almost empty canisters on.

Bloody scary thing it is too.

I always have a safety plan worked out ie. where to safely throw the thing when it catches light .. other than out of the nozzle.

Not game to use a full bottle.

Despite the risk it does work well ... if held upright.