Open the 80% vent valve on the westy tank, it'll fill right up without a pump. You really only need a pump if you have a crappy auto-stop valve (which should be replaced anyway). I used to fill my father's motorhome LPG tank 5 gal at a time by "borrowing" a BBQ tank full from the lumber yard I worked at (our lumber trucks ran on LPG). > Here ya go. > As soon as the pressure equalizes between the two tanks the fill up will > cease. > > So you'll have a half of a BBQ tank and whatever the Westy tank took. > The brakes on the fill up are now set. > > You'll need a pump to overcome this equalization phenomena. > > Now your spending the $2900.00 > |
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