Hey Rocky, we stopped using those disposibles; too much garbage, too much
money, not enough gas.  I have the Coleman adapter hose as suggested by Kim
and two 10 lb(7 lb?) refillables as seen in the luggage rack of Dixie at the
Van Meet in White Rock.

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I'll take them down after festival season is over.

They last a long time but are small enough to pop up & down for the
stove/grill/etc

On 8/25/07, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
>
> I've talked to propane guys and tried my hand at refilling them
> myself. The short answer is, that it is more trouble than it is worth
> usually.
>
> The propane guys basically will all say, it is unsafe. In many cases,
> I'll concur. Those 1 pound bottles are cheap. The valves are not
> designed for refilling and may leak if you do sucessfully put propane
> back in them.
>
> A better solution is to get an adapter hose so that you don't use the
> disposable bottles, but use a standard 1 or 5 gallon tank. These
> adapter hoses are available at propane places.
>
> On Aug 25, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for an easy way to refill, or at least partially
> > refill, the
> > little 1lb propane bottles we use for our BBQ grill.
> >
> > Has anyone added one of these to their Westy?
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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