

| Subject: | Re: refilling disposable propane cylinders |
| From: | Karl F. Bloss |
| Date: | Fri, 3 Nov 2000 21:50:18 -0500 |
Someone mentioned the valves of the disposable cylinders are being a possible weak spot. I have found this to be true even of the disposables with the original fill. I've put a lantern on a cylinder, used it for a while, then removed the lantern and found that the cylinder was leaking slowly. You couldn't hear it, but you could smell it and see it. That's right... see. Propane has a different refractive index than air and you can see it come out if you look across the top of the bottle. Since propane is heavier than air, this can be disastrous if you leave such a thing weep for hours or days inside a garage or a Westy. -Karl Karl & Kristina Bloss - Trexlertown, PA '00 Wannabusser "Julia" '87 Westy Weekender "Bev" - 201K Miles '85 Westy Camper "Fred" - 39K Miles http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw - vanagon@makarov.com US West Trip 2000: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vwtrek PA/NJ/DE/MD area VW bus "group" http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/pavanagon LINUX - for IQs higher than 98
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