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Date:         Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:21:24 -0700
Reply-To:     Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@YAHOO.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@YAHOO.CA>
Subject:      Re: Correct Way to Purge New Propane Tank?
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <c4e7c5f90907211132u723a97a7yc16957fedee5fb55@mail.gmail.com>
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For what it's worth, after changing the gas valve 10 years ago
my tank was not purged by one of the two earthlink procedures.
It was just filled up and over a number of usage cycles the
remaining air in the tank would go out.


Martin (and '82 Westy Poppie)




--- On Tue, 7/21/09, neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:


> They said
> purging as
> per home.earthlink web page not needed. (they should know
> right?) They
> said tell LP jockey tank is empty/new. He should then know
> to open
> bleeder and start filling the same way he would with a
> manual fill.
> The idea being that air gets pushed out bleeder as LP goes
> in thus
> purging the tank (eventually). This should be done the
> first few
> "fill-ups".






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