Date:         Wed, 30 May 2007 15:39:25 -0700
Reply-To:     "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Back to that Auto-Stop LPG valve subject...
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...that I raised a few months ago. Those who read my words breathlessly,
will recall that the Charlie Manson-esque fellow at my local propane
filler place had a lot trouble with Mellow Yellow's Auto-Stop valve. And
that while some some on this list said that the Auto-Stop valve is a
common, ordinary valve that propane guys deal with all the time, others
agreed that it was pretty odd.

I just now got off the phone with a fellow who's been doing propane for
30 years (Roses Propane in Alpine, CA) he says that he's seen maybe two
or three of these things in his career, which puts him in the latter camp.

But anyway, the reason I had called this fellow is because I was driving
out that way in a couple of weeks and I figured that maybe he could
drain the LPG tank so I could put on this manual fill valve + manual
bleeder combo that I purchased for the purpose. The fellow said he
could, but that he didn't think that manual valves were legal on such
tanks as this. He didn't say that he knew for sure, but it was what he
understood, and that some propane guys might object to filling the tank
if they see such a thing.

Is he mistaken? If he is, is there some DOT chapter and verse I could
download and take along to ease his concern?

--

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