Another propane question (maybe)!
Righto, heading south with a truck camper in which we rely on propane (LPG, call it what you want) for cooking and fridge. We have horizontal bottles with stamped dates (one from a year ago, another f...
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Hi: we are truck camper users:
....way back in the early '90s (90 and 91 and later), I had seen propane refill installations In all the ~mediumish and largeish towns I was in throughout Guatemala (and, Mexico, Costa Rica and Honduras). Some restaurants were using propane tanks (the small 20LB tanks) in the above countries I recall back then. These tanks appeared to be the same tanks we see in US and Canada - side. I have to admit, I never paid close attention to the fill attachments, because I was not using propane at that time (kerosene only).
This doesn't really answer the detailed questions you have, however, it does indicate that propane was being sold in a good sized chunk of Central America as far back as 1990.
I have read in an expedition forum (with a Latin American travel discussion section for soft, medium and hard-core overlanders: Expedition Portal) that most travellers bring the small refillable propane cylinders at the 4.5 lb size. Others buy cylinders in the countries they traverse (the thread and safety mechanism can vary country to country, apparently).
Anyhow, I'm sure several on here that traveled Central America recently and use propene can offer far more detailed info; hopefully, country-by-country specific.
Good luck,
S-
....way back in the early '90s (90 and 91 and later), I had seen propane refill installations In all the ~mediumish and largeish towns I was in throughout Guatemala (and, Mexico, Costa Rica and Honduras). Some restaurants were using propane tanks (the small 20LB tanks) in the above countries I recall back then. These tanks appeared to be the same tanks we see in US and Canada - side. I have to admit, I never paid close attention to the fill attachments, because I was not using propane at that time (kerosene only).
This doesn't really answer the detailed questions you have, however, it does indicate that propane was being sold in a good sized chunk of Central America as far back as 1990.
I have read in an expedition forum (with a Latin American travel discussion section for soft, medium and hard-core overlanders: Expedition Portal) that most travellers bring the small refillable propane cylinders at the 4.5 lb size. Others buy cylinders in the countries they traverse (the thread and safety mechanism can vary country to country, apparently).
Anyhow, I'm sure several on here that traveled Central America recently and use propene can offer far more detailed info; hopefully, country-by-country specific.
Good luck,
S-
