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Date:         Tue, 6 Nov 2007 17:39:33 -0800
Reply-To:     jon <jon@KENNEKE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         jon <jon@KENNEKE.COM>
Subject:      Re: refilling propane bottles, potential hazards?
Comments: To: Markus Mumper <markusmumper@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <ed721f540711061550u21ea3de7m61ade2b4ed52c18b@mail.gmail.com>
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I've sworn off the 1 lb bottles exactly becuase of leaking. Scares me.

Now, we carry a little "pancake" tank, and have the hoses and adapter so we don't need to mess with the little green evils. ;) We have adapters for our stove, lantern, and Mr. Buddy heater.

Jon

On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Markus Mumper wrote:

> > > > <How common is it for these bottles to leak after being refilled? They are > > meant to be disposable after all, so I doubt that the valves are very high > > quality. Is the risk that great, or am I just being paranoid?> > > > > FWIW - in about five years I've had two leaky semi-used bottles, one I > smelled very strongly when opening the plastic bin it was stored in > overnight and the other I heard leaking in my garage after moving some > semi-used bottles around. Sort of scarry, I still use the things but I don't > re-fill them. I also now store them in ventilated areas. > > Markus and The Girl ('87 Westy) >


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