Date:         Wed, 30 May 2001 20:46:04 -0500
Reply-To:     wilden1@JUNO.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Propane Tank, Overfill - what happens?
Comments: To: mcalvin@MAC.COM
Content-Type: text/plain

The LP Gas regulator has a pop-off valve that releases excess preasure,
it's a standard safety device built into most regulators.

Stan Wilder
83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Wed, 30 May 2001 20:55:59 -0400 Miguel Calvin <mcalvin@MAC.COM>
writes:
> Listees,
>
> I call upon your experience: What exactly happens if there is too
> much
> propane pumped into the propane tank?
> Where does it go?
> Does it escape through the vent on the regulator when you open the
> valve to
> pressurize the system?
>
> Could warmer weather lead to enough expansion that a full tank
> becomes
> overfull?
> Where would the excess go in that case?
>
> Why do I ask?
> Because last summer I lent my camper to my Dad to go to Nova Scotia
> and
> filled the tank before I took it to him.  When I demonstrated how to
> turn on
> the propane it came pouring out of the regulator like crazy and did
> not seem
> like it would stop.  Dad used his camp stove and a cooler instead
> and I
> ordered a new regulator.  Now that I have one here to be installed I
> tried
> opening the valve again with the old regulater still in place...and
> everything seems fine, no leaks or venting or whatever it was.  So
> what's
> going on?
> --
> Miguel

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