Motorhome Gas - Propane or Butane?

Motorhome Gas - Propane or Butane?
 Hi can anyone please help, we have just purchased our first autosleeper pollensa, i have been given 2 propane gas bottles which are full, can i use thease or does it have to be butane, it is all new to us Thank's.

Quick none teckie answer yes, propane better in the winter, no doubt one of the forum members will provide you with the full spec on both gases.
Boaby

Defo go with propane. Butane won't vapourise below 5 degrees whereas propane will suit all year round.

You may need a Propane regulator (red) if the previous owner ran on Butane (blue).

You have done well. That's 30 pound of gas without the bottle prices.

Regards

Mike

Oddsnends wrote:You may need a Propane regulator (red) if the previous owner ran on Butane (blue).

and buy one with a thumb-wheel/handwheel for tightening so you won't need a spanner.

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I will go against the grain here  In the caravan I use butane in the summer as is cheaper to run as has higher calorific value etc and then propane in the winter 

BUT if you have two propane bottles then stick with propane 

I don't know what "higher calorific value" means but I think propane butns hotter and lasts longer than a bottle of butane.

Nora

Probably last equal time as propane comes in 6kg (or smaller 3.9 kg bottles) and butane comes in 7kg (or smaller 4.5 kg bottles). I think 'higher calorific value' means butane is burns hotter so things boil quicker.

In an earlier life i had the same as Jaytee. However i used the  Butane all the year round without any trouble , as I remember,going to  Propane when it ran out.

Regards

Mike