Euroconnector,
ACME connector,
Bayonet connector,
Dish connector
What are adapters?
Adapter combinations
LPG filling in countries
Connectors per country
Where to buy LPG adapters
As every joint in a fuel line bears the potential of a leakage, the risk of cold burns increases with the number of removable parts in the refuelling connection. Therefor caution is advised when refuelling with adapters.
As the European market still exhibits many different connections, Autogas cars (even those retailed by the manufacturers themselves) often don’t have the connector permanently installed and rely on mounting and dismounting the connector for every refuelling. Especially with connection contours like Bayonet and ACME, where rotational forces are induced from connecting with the nozzle, care must be taken so as to not accidentally disconnect the adapter or the connector with the nozzle itself.
The use of several adapters in series is considered unsafe practice!
Adapter combinations
Also known as: Euronozzle adapter
Sometimes also referred to as Euronozzle, this contour was developed with minimal emissions, safe and comfortable handling in mind and was standardised in the early 2000’s by the gas industry to replace the existing contours in all of Europe. The robust design guarantees superior connection quality, minimal risk of leakage and the fuel emissions have been reduced to a very minimum. The single-handed, smooth operation provides a modern refuelling experience for the Autogas customer, considerably better than any other nozzle-connection combination available in the world for Autogas, and also considerably better and cleaner than liquid fuels.
The Euroconnector has been introduced in Spain with great success and is currently being introduced in the U.S. displacing dish and ACME connections.
Found in:
Also known as: ACME thread, ACME adapter, ACME nozzle
This connector has a threaded fitting onto which the gas nozzle is screwed before the trigger is pulled to establish a seal before fuel transfer.
Found in:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Also known as: Dutch Bayonet, Bayonet adapter, Bayonet nozzle
This connector establishes a gas proof seal by a push and twist action.
Found in:
Denmark, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom
Also known as: Italian adapter, DISH coupling, Italian dish, Dish adapter, Dish nozzle
A tight connection between the gas pump and the connector is made by means of three locking hooks fixed on the edge of the adapter by pressing the lever of the pump nozzle. The pump nozzle lever is secured with a red fuse and LPG is pumped by pressing the button on the gas pump.
Found in:
Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
If your LPG system has a different connector than the Autogas station's, you can still fill up your tank. Larger Autogas stations usually sell or at least lend adapters to link the connector on your car to the nozzle at the station.
The use of several adapters in series increases the number of joints exponentially increasing the risk of leakage and is considered unsafe practice. For cars with a removable connector, especially for those who travel across borders regularly, an assortment of different connectors specific to their car, matching the thread on the fixed connection on the bodywork, is the only safe solution and the use of adapters should be dismissed altogether.
Photo by Cynthia Mai
| Country | Adapters | Remote fill (outdoor mount) |
Direct fill | Direct fill (80 % shutoff valve) |
Cylinders | Self filling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | allowed | allowed | illegal to fill cylinders | illegal to fill cylinders | illegal to fill cylinders | allowed |
| Denmark | allowed | allowed | not allowed | only by authorized personnel | only by authorized personnel | not allowed |
| Germany | allowed | allowed | not allowed | allowed | only on authorized filling stations | allowed |
| Ireland | allowed | allowed | allowed | not allowed | allowed | |
| Italy | not allowed for campervans but somehow tolerated | not allowed | not allowed | not allowed | allowed | |
| Norway | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed |
| Portugal | allowed | allowed | not allowed | not allowed | not allowed | allowed |
| Slovenia | allowed | allowed | not allowed | allowed | not allowed | allowed |
| Sweden | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | allowed | mostly allowed |
| Turkey | allowed | not allowed | not allowed | not allowed | not allowed | |
| United Kingdom | allowed, but strongly discouraged | allowed | not allowed | not allowed, but unofficially somewhat tolerated | mostly not allowed | allowed on manned stations |
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