Damsel in Distress

This is my post to a motorhome site this afternoon. 250 people viewed this in a few hours and 14 responded with help. It's now 9pm and my gas according to the gauge is out, the tanks are full and it's another cold night. I could go into the Gites but that's cheating. Holls and I will have to cuddle up. Ian is in a nice warm chalet in Les 2 Alpes!

JacquiNewbieJoined: Aug 30, 2004Posts: 5
Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:24 am Post subject: Urgent-Gas Cylinders freezing Up

Hi All
Hope you can help.I am currently in the Haute Alpes long term where it is -4 during the day and -8 at night. I have a Burstner fitted with two gaslow refillable cylinders. I think the gas in them is freezing up. Initially I only had to re-fill each week and kept the heating on low constantly to prevent the van freezing up. I am now having to re-fill every other day and each time I can only put in smaller amounts of gas. I have checked the pipes and cannot detect or smell a gas leak anywhere. I have the van parked in the sun to try to warm the cylinders up. Does anybody have any ideas that I can try to warm the cylinders safely how can I prevent this or could there be something else happening that I am not aware of. Also i have read the winterization topics here and follow all tips. One was to have external pipes boxed in , how do I do this. Also is it safe to put antifreeze down the pipes and into grey water. That's the lot for now thanks in anticipation of any help offered.

Kind regards
Jacqui