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Subject:Re: propane tank use
From:mark drillock
Date:Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:44:28 -0700

If someone charged you for 8 gallons to fill a stock Westy propane tank,
you were robbed! They hold just under 3 gallons.

Mark

Harmon Seaver wrote:
>
>    I've had my tank filled twice in recent weeks (had a propane leak) and the
> first time it took 8 gal., the next time only 3 gal. I thought the first time he
> didn't fill it all the way, but the second time -- geez. And the second time I
> told the guy he had to open the overflow valve all the way, not just crack it,
> but he said he didn't. Also said he could only fill it 3/4 full for safety
> reasons. What gives? Is this because of the new regs that made all those old
> 20lb cylinders obsolete?
>
>  --
> Harmon Seaver
> CyberShamanix
> http://www.cybershamanix.com