one bubble every three or four seconds will never ignite in the open i think. i recently had my autostop valve fail while filling in the gas station. now a loudly hissing tank in a gas station is scary. it took nearly two hours till empty. i think i should have just driven it out of town into a field. standing there with a fire extinguisher for two hours is nerveracking. luckily it was a windy day. florian On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Troy <colorworks@gci.net> wrote: > Hi folks: > > Just finished rejuvenation my propane tank including a new fill valve and > bleeder. My original shutoff valve was at a slight angle, so decided to take > it off and apply new Teflon paste, and of course that's the fitting that's > got a small leak. One bubble every three or four seconds with soapy water. > Question is, how should I go about dealing with this? Should I just > dissipate all the propane into the air or let my furnace run for 10+ hrs > until I deplete the propane? I checked the fittings at the propane station, > but did not notice anything until I got home an did a more complete > inspection. Damn! I now have a full tank-- 3.8lbs or so. Any suggestions > here to safely deal with this issue would be appreciated. > > Troy > |
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