Looking to buy suitable gas cylinder bottles for your home use?
It must be of approved quality (ISI/BIS mark), SON stamped from authorized distributors only. Check thr gas cylinder bottle has been delivered with the company seal and safety cap intact. Do not attempt to use gas cylinder bottles if the seal cap is missing. Put back the cover and contact your distributor for replacement of cylinder.
When choosing a brand, shape and size of gas cylinder bottles, the most popular for domestic homeuse are the 3kg, 5kg, 6kg and 12kg. However, in some households in Nigeria, the 25kg are mostly used for its capacity and reduction of wanting to go for a refill every time. Unfortunately, some government agency in charge of LPG regulations in Nigeria have advised that the 50kg gas cylinder tanks should be avoided for home use, because of safety handling and transporting. In some some country, especially in the UK, gas vendors have programme in placed, where you can exchange exhausted gas cylinder bottles with already filled LPG. So, you don't have to worry about substandard, non-quality gas cylinders, because the gas cylinder bottles you will get are straight from the manufacturer factory.
Normally, LPG is stored in liquid form under pressure in a steel container, cylinder or tank. The pressure inside the container will depend on the type of LPG (commercial Propane or Butane), and the outside temperature. Some cylinder bottles are better during cold weather (winter season), because of the materials used to manufacture them. Composite transparent gas cylinder bottles don't do well in hot weather. It stops THE flow and release of gas, which is why metal or aluminum are mainly used.
Some cylinder bottles can continue to give good service, serving for 10 years before it starts to rust, or fade. While some, work well only for few months.
The presence of moisture within the LPG tank could cause it to fade out and rust, which is why new cylinders are filled with dry and inert nitrogen gas to prevent both rust and eliminate the presence of moisture. However, for substandard cylinder bottles, they are easily damaged by atmospheric agents, weather or sunlight explosure. Which is why in a country like Nigeria, it is very difficult to get a quality gas cylinder bottles that meet relevant safety regulations as recommended. Most of these substandard gas cylinder bottles are mostly shipped illegally from unauthorized distributors from China. They don't last long, some of them had failed the quality assurance test, and are not safe to use, as they may explode if exposed under high pressure or temperature.
Here are the best brands, manufacturers to consider when obtaining gas cylinder bottles for your home use:
* Flogas
* Calor Gas
* RockView
* SAfic
* O-gas
* Oando
* Royaltek
* Total
* GERADISCO
* Demas
* HB HABO
* Demas