Coleman cooktop / grill / crock pot - Page 2

Psomaki · 03-05-2010, 07:39 PM

Bill and others, here's one on-line offer at a pretty good price.
http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/it ... nder/16069
They call the tank a "5-pound" while some others say "4-pound" or "4.7 pound." These little guys cost more than their big brothers because there's not so much demand for them. We love ours. We usually carry a green bottle as backup in case the little tank goes empty. Got the regular-to-Coleman adapter hose at the local camping-fishing-hunting-Carhardt-crafting-snackbar-pharmacy. Living in a small town is great!

GreyDawg · 03-05-2010, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Psomaki

...and you can get one of the little 4-lb. propane bottles (at Lowe's, for instance). They're small, easy to stow, have the same connector set-up as the big cylinders, and can be adapted easily to Coleman stuff. Refilling one of these costs way less than buying new "green bottles," but the intitial cost is kinda high.

How is the adaptation done? Standard parts?

Psomaki · 03-05-2010, 07:59 PM

Yep, standard stuff. You can get various adapters from several sources. Depends on whether your camping appliance has the green bottle screw right into it or has a hose. If it works. the hundred-yard-long URL below shows one of the cheaper alternatives from Cabela's.
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templ ... hasJS=true

GreyDawg · 03-05-2010, 08:13 PM

Great. Now I just need to figure out a safe place to carry a 5-lb. propane tank -- probably secured in a box on a hitch-haul rack. Any reason that it couldn't ride on its side, strapped in place?

**daveb** · 03-05-2010, 11:39 PM

I carry (two) one gallons tanks. But they also make 2.5 gallon tanks that look like a typical BBQ 5 gallon tank cut in half. Those are the same diameter as a standard BBQ tank only much shorter. They offer a much more stable platform compared to my little 1 gal tanks.

dowgars · 03-17-2010, 12:54 PM

Am I correct in assuming the coleman can only be run off a tank and not off the same gas connect I would hook up a Olympian heater to? Thanks for any info. RD

**daveb** · 03-17-2010, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dowgars

Am I correct in assuming the coleman can only be run off a tank and not off the same gas connect I would hook up a Olympian heater to? Thanks for any info. RD

Google propane bottle adaptors. I carry different tee adaptors and hoses to run a variety of items at once.

dowgars · 03-17-2010, 03:03 PM

daveb: I know I can hook it up. But is the gas pressure to run it the same as we get for a furnace? Thanks

**daveb** · 03-17-2010, 10:03 PM

Not sure what you're asking. In general, air temperature and flow changes the pressure. Are you asking if a smaller tank will run a large propane furnace? For the most part, the smaller the tank, the more it is affected by cold air temps. I've had to warm up my one gallon tank because it was low on propane. Just too cold outside to boil off the propane to make things work well because of "low pressure". Don here came up with a solution:

Scalf77 · 03-18-2010, 06:57 AM

I don't know the details of the heater you are talking about, but in general the regulator for RV appliances is low pressure while units like the Coleman Stove have a built in high pressure regulator. So if you want to use the RV propane tank you need to tee into it prior to the regulator.

-greg