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Subject:a propane tank idea
From:Edward Maglott
Date:Mon, 31 Dec 2001 10:58:01 -0500

I have a propane tank for my westy that has no fill valve.  The PO just
told me the propane system didn't work.  Upon removal and inspection I
find that the tank is rusty, but seems sound.  The fill valve seems to
have been replaced by something that looks like a small water spigot,
obviously not viable.  Since that  new automatic fill valve is so dang
expensive, I got an idea...

Suppose I put on the tank a filler like is on a bbq tank, then only fill
it when it is empty and tell the filler person the correct amount of
propane to put in, so as not to overfill the tank.  But it would be a pain
to run out of propane while camping.  So my solution to that is the
adapter that allows hooking the disposable bottle to the big tank.  That
would allow getting by until a trip to the propane filling station is
possible.

Comments?

Edward

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