Hey Rocky, we stopped using those disposibles; too much garbage, too much money, not enough gas. I have the Coleman adapter hose as suggested by Kim and two 10 lb(7 lb?) refillables as seen in the luggage rack of Dixie at the Van Meet in White Rock. http://subyjake.googlepages.com/ I'll take them down after festival season is over. They last a long time but are small enough to pop up & down for the stove/grill/etc On 8/25/07, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote: > > I've talked to propane guys and tried my hand at refilling them > myself. The short answer is, that it is more trouble than it is worth > usually. > > The propane guys basically will all say, it is unsafe. In many cases, > I'll concur. Those 1 pound bottles are cheap. The valves are not > designed for refilling and may leak if you do sucessfully put propane > back in them. > > A better solution is to get an adapter hose so that you don't use the > disposable bottles, but use a standard 1 or 5 gallon tank. These > adapter hoses are available at propane places. > > On Aug 25, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Michael Elliott wrote: > > > I'm looking for an easy way to refill, or at least partially > > refill, the > > little 1lb propane bottles we use for our BBQ grill. > > > > Has anyone added one of these to their Westy? >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.