{"id":9665,"date":"2016-12-19T07:45:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T06:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/2016\/12\/19\/can-i-operate-a-50-millibar-gas-barbecue-via-the-30-millibar-lpg-system-of-my-caravan-motor-home\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:20:03","slug":"can-i-operate-a-50-millibar-gas-barbecue-via-the-30-millibar-lpg-system-of-my-caravan-motor-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/can-i-operate-a-50-millibar-gas-barbecue-via-the-30-millibar-lpg-system-of-my-caravan-motor-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I operate a 50 millibar gas barbecue via the 30 millibar LPG system of my caravan\/motor home?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These days, barbecue is to camping what the cathedral is to Cologne. After a long period where barbecuing with charcoal dominated the scene, we are starting to see more and more gas barbecues on Germany&#8217;s campsites. It&#8217;s especially practical to connect this to the LPG system of the leisure vehicle. But be careful: If you don&#8217;t pay attention to the details, it will be as if you&#8217;re in an understaffed rowing boat.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s now common practice to operate outdoor gas equipment such as a barbecue via the permanent LPG system in your caravan and motor caravan via an <a href=\"https:\/\/gok.de\/en\/Variant-outlet-box-8173303?search=variant%20outlet%20box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outlet box<\/a>. An extremely comfortable solution with one tiny flaw.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Different_pressure\"><\/span>Different pressure<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For some time, the available vehicle models have an LPG system with a working pressure of 30 millibars. However, according to the applicable technical and installation regulations, <strong>gas barbecues for the German market <\/strong>must be designed for a supply pressure of 50 millibars, and must be operated with this accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8847\" style=\"width: 1030px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/meat-1155132_1280.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8847 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/meat-1155132_1280-1030x686.jpg\" alt=\"Nur wer den Gasgrill mit dem optimalen Betriebsdruck versorgt, erh\u00e4lt auch perfekte Ergebnisse auf dem Teller.\" width=\"1030\" height=\"686\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/meat-1155132_1280-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/meat-1155132_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/meat-1155132_1280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/meat-1155132_1280-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/meat-1155132_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>Only those who supply their gas barbecues with the optimal working pressure will get perfect results on their plate.<\/em><\/strong> <br \/>Source: Pixabay.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe title=\"30 \/ 50 mbar in the CAMPING VEHICLE \u2013 Clarity Thanks to Answers and TIPS from GOK\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-eJ2a7fGiXQ?list=PL07k85Qz2IkhUsay3NJhiaJ-NeFPQh5eu\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Losses_in_performance\"><\/span>Losses in performance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In many cases, the first question asked is: Can I operate a 50-millibar gas barbecue with a working pressure of 30 millibars? The response: This is <strong>not permitted <\/strong>and you will never reach the maximum performance of the barbecue. That means that, theoretically, it may be the case that the burner doesn&#8217;t produce a flame, or only produces a very small one.<\/p>\n<p>A visual comparison: Imagine you&#8217;re in a group of ten people sitting in a ten-man boat, but only six people are rowing. This is roughly what it would feel like if you were to operate the 50-millibar barbecue with 30 millibars of working pressure. In both cases, you will eventually reach your goal \u2013 but <strong>not very efficiently<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_exception_to_the_prohibition\"><\/span>An exception to the prohibition<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To get that coveted perfectly cooked steak and other barbecued food, some people purchase a gas barbecue with a working pressure of 30 millibars. However: Is that even allowed, in light of the requirement of 50 millibars in the worksheet G 612 of the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW)? Yes, <strong>this kind of barbecue <\/strong>is allowed only in this specific case \u2013 when operating a 30 millibar gas barbecue via the 30-millibar LPG system of the leisure vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article explains whether it makes sense to operate a 50mbar gas barbecue via the 30mbar LPG system of the caravan or motorhome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[394],"tags":[307,281,283,299,302,345,279],"ausgabe":[],"class_list":["post-9665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camping-leisure","tag-barbecue","tag-camping-en","tag-caravan","tag-g-612-en","tag-gas-barbecue","tag-motorhome","tag-operating-pressure"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9665"},{"taxonomy":"ausgabe","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gok-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ausgabe?post=9665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}