Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:18:14 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: "Remote" Propane Tank Usage
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On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:10 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> I'm not sure what you are ranting about in this case. As the original
> post mentioned, propane is widely used here in the US. This is being
> done in a very casual way. I can buy filled bottles from at least a
> dozen places within a mile or two of my house. In that same radius there
> are thousands of backyard BBQ with those tanks in use. You don't need a
> permit to use it, no one checks your BBQ hookup for safety, you don't
> have to show ID to buy it. It is not treated as especially dangerous
> when used OUTSIDE.
>
> The stock Westy tank has safety advantages and is installed such as to
> meet certain regulatory compliance so the vehicles could be sold as
> meeting that compliance. You don't need or want to meet that yourself,
> so you don't. There are risks to what you are doing and you knowingly
> choose to take those risks. Go for it.
>
> Mark
>
>
> Don Hanson wrote:
>
>>
>> World-wide, propane is widely used. Most other countries do not treat
>> it as if it's as potentially lethal as say Nuclear Waste, like we seem to
>> do here in the US.
>>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Chris S<szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It seems like propane tanks are widely available in the US. Everyone
>>> from
>>> a grocery store to a gas station has them. Has anyone removed their
>>> on-board tank and adapted their Westfalia system to work with those
>>> tanks?
>>> I would seem one would mount the regulator, a shut-off valve and a
>>> connector in the place of the existing Westfalia tank.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chris S.
>>> "No solution is too complex to be executed incorrectly"
>>>
>>>
>>
Hardly a rant. I've just encountered regulatory restrictions that
seem sort of silly, when taken in context of the Rest Of The World and how
they seem to do it.
Such as now every tank that is filled in the US (or at least in California
and Oregon) needs a OPD valve on the top and there are restrictions as to
the age of tanks, etc. You can not get a tank filled without the OPD
valve top anymore.... When I wanted to buy some of those fittings, to
retro-fit my perfectly good tanks, I was told it isn't allowed, I would
have to buy all new tanks. We have a lot of propane tanks amongst all our
vehicles and trailers..but none of them can now be filled because they
don't have the approved OPD (Overfill Protection Device) valve... So I
guess we'll have to buy more tanks and try to dispose of our perfectly
functional old ones...That is the 'rant' if you want to assign that word to
questioning what I consider silly regulations out loud...I guess I should
just keep quiet but I don't see any reason to throw away about 10 perfectly
good tanks and have to buy new ones....other than somebody somewhere
decided I should be made to do that...
Don Hanson
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