Camper gas bottle swap planning calculator

Calculate daily planned gas use and trip gas requirement with your own figures.

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Use daily planned gas use and trip gas requirement to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Gas appliances JSON [[measured grams/hour,planned hours/day],...]
[[120,1],[40,3]]
Usable gas per bottle (g)
6000
Bottle stock
2
Trip duration (days)
10
Daily planned gas use (g)
240
Trip gas requirement (g)
2400
Full bottles required
1
Bottle stock shortfall
0

Try another scenario

Gas appliances JSON [[measured grams/hour,planned hours/day],...]
[[121,1],[40,3]]
Usable gas per bottle (g)
6000
Bottle stock
2
Trip duration (days)
10
Daily planned gas use (g)
241
Trip gas requirement (g)
2410
Full bottles required
1
Bottle stock shortfall
0
Calculation method

Calculation method

Daily planned gas use (g)

Daily=sum consumption×hours; bottles=ceil(tripUse/usablePerBottle).

Trip gas requirement (g)

Daily=sum consumption×hours; bottles=ceil(tripUse/usablePerBottle).

Full bottles required

Daily=sum consumption×hours; bottles=ceil(tripUse/usablePerBottle).

Bottle stock shortfall

Daily=sum consumption×hours; bottles=ceil(tripUse/usablePerBottle).

Symbols and units
a
Gas appliances JSON [[measured grams/hour,planned hours/day],...]
b
Usable gas per bottle (g)
c
Bottle stock
d
Trip duration (days)

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Measured consumption only; no gas installation or ventilation assessment. Supported limits: All required fields must be finite values of the exact declared type and within displayed bounds. Lists contain1–1000 finite numbers. JSON tables are numeric rectangular rows, at most100 rows and30 columns; individual tools have stricter shape/domain constraints. Measured consumption only; no gas installation or ventilation assessment.
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