Gas And Petrol ?

[CLIVE-TRIANGLE]

Chaps, be aware too that LPG prices are, like petrol, determined by the Department Of Energy and revised every month.

Sellers may charge less, but not more. Every winter the price is increased by some dealers, which is actually illegal.

The price at the moment was revised 5 August. I have attached the determination. You will need to look up the relevant Area Code on Dept Energy website. LPG-Regulations (2).pdf

[Phil Cooper]

Gas regulations

Wrong, HR - they don't have to be in lockable cage.

The regulations for Gas installations are below: I recently had to research to ensure one on my Clients complied.


Gas.pdf

[HR Solutions]

Ok .... I got a quote to install a gas geyser with two bottles outside - The guy told me it had to be in a cage. Looks like he was confused.

[AndyD]

I think a gas water heater is a very reasonable option. I don't think gas heating is much cheaper (if any) than electrical heating but they have much lower losses because they're not constantly holding 200 litres of hot water which I think is where most of the savings are coming. This is offset against the inconvenience of having to keep a spare bottle and having to get refills every few months....but hey, you can't have everything I guess. I have a gas geyser in the workshop and offices to supply the bathrooms including 2 x showers, the workshops and the kitchen. Off hand I think the output is 22 litres per minute which with hindsight was maybe oversized, the showers are very hot and difficult to balance to a comfortable temperature with the cold water. The gas heater cost around R3500.00 last year which was cheaper than those useless steel geysers that last a year or two if you're lucky.

[tec0]

As promised did a refill yesterday here is the math

7kg gas cylinder cost me little over R153 to refill. It is of note that out of the 4 places doing refills only 1 had gas to sell.
Math 153/7 = 21,85714285714286
Rounded amount = 21,86

So that is R21,86 per 1Kg

A hell of a lot more then last time.