Date:         Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:46:02 -0700
Reply-To:     jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM
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From:         Jeff at Vanagonparts <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Carrying loose propane tanks?
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I'm thinking that you have a much higher probability of death from
propane/natural gas in your home than in your Vanagon with an internal tank.

I'm also thinking that this horse has been badly beaten to death as well...

Cheers,

Jeff


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Aristotle Sagan
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:08 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Carrying loose propane tanks?


Well, everybody evaluates the risks they take in all aspects of life. The
chances of a burst tank in a secure area like the back seat hold are slim,
and the chances of you having an engine compartment fire hot enough to get
that tank to leak and explode are slim and the chances that the tank will
shift and knock the valve open just a wee bit, hence flooding the cabin with
a highly inflamable gas, are slim. Now take all those wee probabilities and
multiply them by the number of vans on the road and the probabilitys of
something like this happening are not a negative number. They are not even
zero.

My life, the life of my passengers and the safety of my van depand on
reducing all probability to as close to zero as possible. Propane tanks
should be secure, isolated from possible high heat and vented to the
outside.

That is all I have to say on the matter.


tim in san jose


>From: -- Dan Roberts <danielcroberts@AOL.COM>
>Reply-To: -- Dan Roberts <danielcroberts@AOL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Carrying loose propane tanks?
>Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 00:40:24 -0400
>
>I carry a 3 pound tank inside the van as an emergency back-up for my
>catylictic heater (exhausts to the outside) that runs off of the external
>propane. I travel in the winter and need the furnace but I have to guess
>how much fuel is in the outside tank. Hence, I had a flexible tube made
>with appropriate connection so that I can use the backup in an emergency. I
>carry the small tank under the rear seat and am not worried about it. The
>possibility that I will be involved in a servere crash and that the backup
>tank will be burst is very unlikely.
>
>Dan R.

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