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If you look at your valve, there is a very small wheel to the right of fill connector. The propane distributor opens the wheel before filling the thank. When the tank is filled (I believe at 80%), propane will start shooting out the small side nozzle, again to the right. This tells the operator that the tank is filled to the correct specification. The wheel is turned the opposite direction to close the nozzle and stop the flow of propane, money exchanges hands and you drive off into the sunset assured that your tank is at 80%. While I am not a propane expert, I seem to recall that the distributor can not even begin to fill the tank unless the wheel is opened. It is usually a situation where we both stare at each other wondering why no propane is entering the tank until one of us remembers the wheel. Once the wheel is opened the propane flows. At 80% it starts shooting out the side. To overfill the tank beyond the 80% maximum, the operator would need to continue filling while propane is shooting out the side! The entire system is a safety mechanism to prevent overfill.
Take care, Paul
----- Original Message ----- From: John Fried <john@DATAKNIGHT.COM> Newsgroups: groupstudy.vanagon Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 4:04 PM Subject: Re: Filling LP tank for the first time
> Pardon me for jumping in, but how can you tell how full/empty the > propane tank is? There is no gauge or indicator that I can find. > > John > '85 Westy > > Sean Garrett wrote: > > > > Be careful here, some service stations will overfill your tank. Until you > > get a handle on how much it will hold I would only put in 2 dollars of LP > > the 1st time (if it is truly empty). Overfilling your tank can cause some > > minor problems operating the fridge (in my experience). I don't think that > > two many people will agree with me, but I have a theory about overfilled > > tanks and their casual impact on fridge operation. It wont hurt to just put > > in a little and not more than 80%. Most idiots that fill these tanks will > > shut off the gas after it has reached the recommended 80% level. > --- |
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