Date:         Tue, 6 Nov 2007 21:18:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: refilling propane bottles, potential hazards?
Comments: To: jon <jon@kenneke.com>
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FWIW --- I swore off these things too. I never liked them to begin with but
the reason I stopped using them is that they are a horrible strain to
dispose of. There is a sign up in every Ontario Provincial Park beggin
people to take the empties home because it costs $2 to dispose of the
things. Often you can buy them for less money than it costs to dispose of
them and that just doesn't make sense to me. I'd guess that the cost of safe
disposal would be similar in other jurisdictions.

Cheers,
Doug


On 11/6/07, jon <jon@kenneke.com> wrote:
>
> 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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