Heating, LP Gas Supply 

Due to its geographical location Livigno experiences extremely low temperatures. Minus 28 degrees centigrade are not uncommon. These severe conditions provide an excellent test if the motorhome is really winterproof as stated in the glossy sales brochure. Many a proud owner was caught by surprise when his fresh water pump refused to work in the morning because some hoses were frozen or the valves of the sewage tanks were frozen and had to be thawed. 

But lets start with the heating and low pressure gas supply.
 
LP Gas Supply 

If you don't own an external gas tank, the storage of LP gas in a motorhome is limited to 2 x 11kg by the law. 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
Due to state laws the local dealer is not allowed to fill your bottle. Using his bottle you run into the problem that the gas connection has a different thread and you need an adapter. 
 
 

  
Depending on your motorhome's insulation and the outside temperature this will last for 2 to 6 days. So if your trip is longer, you have to look for additional gas. For this you can either decide to go the not-so-legal way as on the picture above or you purchase gas from the local vendor.
Now this man can help: Local gas dealer Patrizio Raisoni, Tel.: 0039 342 996 159, will not only sell you the adapter for 5.000 Lit. (appr. US$ 3) he will also deliver the new gas bottles directly to your motorhome.
 In spite of the super service the prices are reasonable: 24.000 Lit (appr. US$ 14) for 10kg of gas, 62.000 Lit (appr. US$ 35) for 25 kg of gas. The deposit for the bottle is 10.000 Lit (appr. US$ 6).
And this is how it looks with the external 10kg bottle:
 . . .and the 25 kg bottle. 
 
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