JC Ripme says that because it's a Federal offense to "transport" a
disposable cylinder that has been refilled, as you can read on the side of
the cylinder.  I'll leave it to the interested reader to find out what the
Fed means by "transport."  No doubt it's in here somewhere:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/index.html#page1

david

At 15:16 11/3/2000, Gary2a@telusplanet.net Gary wrote:
>--------------  quote --------
>JC Ripme sells a gizmo to fill 1 lb tanks from a 20 pounder, but they say
>it's
>not for use on disposables.  However, nobody I've talked to has ever seen a
>1
>lb refillable, so I think it's a liability weasel warning and intended for
>1lb
>disposables anyway.
>
>-------------- end quote -------------
>
>I made a refill adapter hose/connector out of a propane torch and a
>bar-b-que tank withdrawal fitting.  You turn the BBQ tank upside down to get
>liquid. I find that if I refill the small disposable type cylinders, I
>cannot get them as full as when they come new.  You need a pump or a bleed
>valve on the tank you are filling.
>
>You can also buy a "liquid withdrawal" fitting that allows you to get liquid
>propane out of the POL FILL fitting (where you refill your tank) on your
>westy.
>So, if you wanted, you could easily cook up transfer hose to fill disposable
>cylinders directly from your westy tank.  No modifications on your westy
>tank would be needed.
>
>Gary

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"