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Subject:Re: Whiff of propane
From:Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
Date:Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:14:25 -0700

That was my theory but I might have opened the main valve once yesterday
after bleeding the lines. Need to repeat this experiment!

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
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On 7/24/2007 10:10 AM Loren Busch wrote:

> RE: Residual pressure in propane line
> Mike, did you bleed off the residual propane in the lines (like to the
> stove) AFTER closing the main valve and THEN find rsidual pressure again
> in the morning?  If not bled off the night before that would indicate
> that the interior lines are secure, they held pressure overnight.  If
> the lines were bled, stove valve then shut offm and pressure found in
> the lines again in the morning I'd be checking the main shutoff valve
> since it had pressurized the internal lines again overnight.