Date:         Tue, 2 Apr 2002 17:48:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
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From:         Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
Subject:      Re: too much propane?
In-Reply-To:  <5.0.2.1.0.20020401110938.032e50f0@buncombe.main.nc.us>
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More on my propane situation.  Thanks for all the input.  Gary Hradek sent
me some docs that make me realize that I do not have the auto stop
valve.  The label on the tank indicates that I do, but it must have been
switched out at some point.  Yesterday, i was playing around with it
casually while working under there on something else.  opened the bleed
valve a bit too far, without gloves on and got liquid propane on my
finger.  Ouch.  Weird sensation.  The feeling is mostly back now, and I see
no skin damage.  Won't do that again.

So today I backed the van up on ramps so it was tilted with the bleed valve
at the high end of the tank.  Opened the bleed, and got liquid, then a
mixture then gas.  If I rocked the van, it would slosh up and get liquid
again.  Then put the van back on the level, and bled it until it was just
gas again.  So now I think I have about the right amount of propane in
there.  In the future, I will have to tell propane person to just fill it
until liquid comes out the bleeder?

I got the fridge lit, and will let it run for a while to continue using
some propane. How hard is it to see the pilot through that hole in the back
of the fridge?  I can barely see a faint blue color.  I will see if I am
still getting  a leak at the tank.  My nose says it is less now, but not
sure.

Edward