Date:         Mon, 28 Feb 2005 05:55:22 -0700
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: Filling from a 40-lb propane tank?
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On 2/28/05 4:59, "Edward Maglott" <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> wrote:

> Yes, you would have to turn the 40 gal tank upside down.  Or rather, you
> would have to turn it so that you were getting liquid out of the valve.  if
> this is a long horizontal mounting tank, there may be a tube inside that
> goes from the connection up to the top of the inside of the tank.  This so
> that as you drive the RV and the liquid propane is sloshing around, you
> don't suck it into the regulator.  You only want the propane vapor for
> burning.
> 
> I have a gadget for refilling the disposable propane cylinders from a 2 lb
> bbq tank.  You screw it into the bbq tank, then screw the little cylinder
> onto it, then turn the bbq tank upside down, then open the valve on the bbq
> tank.  wait a minute or 2, then reverse the process.  It does make me
> nervous, and doing something similar with the 40 gal tank and a hose and
> the Westy tank would make me even more nervous.
> 
> I think the fitting for the Westy yank will be the hard part to find.  I
> have often wanted to make a gadget that will allow hooking a disposable
> propane bottle to the Westy tank.  This would allow me to keep the stove
> and fridge running temporarily when the Westy tank runs out, until I can
> get to a refill station.  Also would allow partially refilling a disposable
> bottle from the Westy tank.  Anybody know the specs on the fill fitting on
> a Westy tank, and where to get one?
> 
> Edward
> 

The fill fittings are available but I have never seen one for a small
diameter hose.
 

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