http://www.articlesender.com/articles/article6375.html
Quote from site above: "(OPD devices have been required on ASME tanks since l984 and DOT cylinders since l998)". Our Westy tanks like most mounted RV tanks are ASME rated vessels. So, any propane supplier that fills anything besides BBQ tanks should be able to fill it and the service area should be able to fix it. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Michael Elliott Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 8:56 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Fed up with Auto-fill valve Dennis typed: > There is really nothing special about the auto-fill valve. It is standard > fare in the RV world.
I'll be hornswoggled. Maybe I have been running into more than my share of inexperienced or incompetent propane tank attendants. It doesn't seem to be a standard fitting to some of the folk that fill my tank. The copy for a manual replacement propane fill valve at http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=426729 states that "...propane tank attendants actually know how to use the manual filling valve---a big bonus." Yeah -- a big bonus the next time some propane jockey spends 10 minutes trying to figure out how to put LPG into the tank. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR |
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