Date:         Mon, 12 Nov 2001 13:46:13 -0700
Reply-To:     "Richard A. Jones" <jones@COYOTE.COLORADO.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Richard A. Jones" <jones@COYOTE.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: More Propane Capacity
Comments: To: steve@SYNCRO.ORG
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>>>So, to the person who installed an extra westy tank,
>>>any downsides you have discovered to doing this?  How
>>>long did it take you to mount the tank?
>>>steve

Steve:

I posted a long description of installing a second tank.
It is in the archives for August 5, 2001, with a subject
of Re: second propane tank setup.

Putting in bolts and hanging the tank was easy and quick.
The time was running the copper line between tanks and
doing the flare fittings.  Still, less than a day to
do the whole thing.  A flare fitting always seems to take
me a couple of trys.

On my last trip
http://coyote.colorado.edu/jones/Oct2001
I ran the Carver P4 quite a bit, as well as the frig and
cooking burners.  At about day 8, while
cooking dinner, the flame went out.  I jumped out,
opened the valve for tank #2, shut the valve for #1,
jumped back in, relit the burner--and then checked to
frig to happily discover that it had NOT even gone out.

Another advantage is that I run a tank empty, so when I
refill it I know it will take the full 2.5 gal, and that
makes it easier dealing the the RV propane places who
are pretty lost with the Vanagon setup to begin with.

Now that's Happy Camping!

                                Richard A. Jones
                                Boulder, Colorado
                                '81 Vanagon   Mr Bus
                                '87 Syncro Westy   El Jefe