Shellite
Submitted: Monday, Mar 19, 2007 at 12:47
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Ron173
G'Day all,
been progressing with the new coleman, its great with my bbq plate on it, weekend was very windy no flame probs as on old jackeroo.
Using coleman shellite, decided against ULP as we are all diesel, and read of generator probs with it over time, and every 4th tank to be shellite so decided to just stick with it.
Question is, do you have to buy coleman or does anyone else use a good generic brand readily available?
Quite happy with the coleman and will continue to buy if need be, but always interested in saving a bit, if not at expense of quality. (noticeably of course)
Rgds
Ron
Reply By: Camper - Monday, Mar 19, 2007 at 17:24
Monday, Mar 19, 2007 at 17:24
A good option would be to refill the Shellite container with unleaded every second time to bring the cost down and is more convenient. I have only used Shellite a couple of times and on the rare occasion when I have had problems it came down to tipping the tank out and putting fresh fuel in ...problem gone.
Note: If you leave the generator tank in the rain, next time you pump it up to pressure you can get water in the tank from the pressure plunger and this will give you a dirty yellow erratic flame.
If you do eventually use unleaded just make sure it is from a reputable servo and if any is left over after a trip, use it to top up the lawn mower that way you have to get fresh stuff for the next trip (can be done while the oiler is being topped up).
hope this helps.
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Follow Up By: Camper - Monday, Mar 19, 2007 at 17:41
Monday, Mar 19, 2007 at 17:41
By the way a new Generator tube for the powerhouse model is only about $14.00 so if you only use unleaded and do have a problem with your Generator tube
well into the future, the 14 bucks has already paid for itself as I also found with my coleman dual fuel lantern generator tube after regular use of only unleaded for the last ten years. (lantern generator tube $12.00)
I just can't get over the mark up price on shellite, it doesn't even have road tax on it and look at how much it costs per litre.
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Reply By: Ron173 - Monday, Mar 19, 2007 at 18:42
Monday, Mar 19, 2007 at 18:42
Thanks to all again for a good set of replies,
I know the ulp is a good option and generator cheap, but I dont want to carry petrol, plus in an application like the coleman, there are soooo many additives and c@#p they put in ulp now you just dont know.
I also agree the shellite is exy but still very acceptable, and like said above if spilled seems to evaporate without any smells or stains, its a great option to gas and I'm just loving not having a milk crate in back of ute with gas cyl in it!!
So seems the supermarkets are the go, I will
check em out n see whats avail locally.
Bought colemans originally so will use the good can to top up.
Any pref for supermarkets that stock .... coles??
Rgds
Ron
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Follow Up By: Member - Au-2 - Monday, Mar 19, 2007 at 19:03
Monday, Mar 19, 2007 at 19:03
Hi Ron, I use Shellite a lot around the house for things like dry cleaning greasy spots on clothes b4 washing, wiping the stove after oil cooking, getting glue/labels off things, under house for grease/oil spills under car when filters changed, wiping hands after same and started to run out. After searching Woolies--Coles found it not stocked, but was lucky last week to find it in an I G A
supermarket. I bought the 3 bottles that were left on the shelf. I don't know where you are but this was in Qld.
OzeSheila.
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