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Date:         Sun, 5 Nov 2000 16:11:59 -0600
Reply-To:     Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Subject:      Re: refilling disposable propane cylinders
Comments: To: Ron Bloomquist <roadcow@MCN.ORG>
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Hi Ron, Thanks much about your your experience refilling the tanks. I had tried pushing the little valve on the top of the tank but never pulled on it. I get about 4 oz in an empty 14 oz tank. I use the adapter from northern tool. I will try giving the valves on my empty tanka a pull.

Darrell

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Bloomquist" <roadcow@MCN.ORG> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 7:25 PM Subject: Re: refilling disposable propane cylinders

> Hi volks, > > A friend sent me a brass fitting that is double ended. One end screws into > a 10 gallon propane tank. The other end accepts Coleman 1 pound cylinders, > the type you see thrown away at campsites. I have collected a bunch of > these over the years and refill them now and then. I have not bought a new > one since. > > I screw the fitting into the ten gallon tank. Then screw on the Coleman > cylinder (or Ace hardware cylinder, whatever). They end up 90 degrees to > each other. I tip the 10 pound tank on its side with the one pound cylinder > hanging down. I open the valve on the 10 pound tank and then use hemostats > and pull up on the pressure relief valve on the one pound cylinder (looks > like a bicycle valve stem). (Hemostats, probably spelled wrong, are thin, > long nosed plyer type thingies use for surgery). You can also tip the valve > stem to the side to release air and gas with a thin screwdriver. I vent air > and gas until I get a solid stream of liquid. The one pound cylinder is > then full. I shut off the valve on the ten pound tank and then unscrew the > one pound cylinder and do another one. > > Don't let the liquid spray on your fingers. It is so cold it will "burn > you". It is best to let them sit around out side for a while to vent off if > over charged. Then I just toss them into my vanagon (Vanagon content), > under the back seat, until I need them for my portable barbie or catalytic > heater. I have also been refilling tanks for my traveling friends Eddie and > Stefan. Probably costs 20 cents per refill. > > The little brass fitting I have has stamped in it's side: "K.M. Prod. Kaska, > MI. Pat. 4807848". > > Where my friend bought it; I have no idea. > > It always bothered me to throw away a perfectly good cylinder just because > it was empty. I'm sure Coleman would much rather you throw them away and > buy another one. > > My two cents worth. > > Ron > "George and Al make me wanna Ralph!" >


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