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Subject:Re: Propane Tank - label?
From:Marc Perdue
Date:Fri, 2 May 2003 10:04:14 -0400

Not sure I understand this quote.  The Vanagon has an auto-stop valve.
Doesn't that qualify as an "overfilling prevention device"?  If this is the
case, would the Vanagon NOT require a label?

Curious,
Marc Perdue

Philip Chidlaw wrote:

> Again quoting from http://www.nfpa.org/PDF/OPDFactSheet.pdf
> "They must have label to indicate that they are not equipped with an
> overfilling prevention device. Anyone can make the label."
>
> Philip Chidlaw
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> Of Mercedes
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 9:52 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Propane Tank - label?
>
> The folks filling it said this is the last time they would re-fill it.
> We were told that we needed to have a visible label or info on the
> propane tank.  The tank is okay, and works great; but all labels seem to
> be unreadable now.  How can we correct this w/o purchasing a new tank?