

| Subject: | Re: Propane tank restore or replace |
| From: | Roy Nicholl |
| Date: | Tue, 6 Oct 2015 19:13:15 -0300 |
Dennis: ASME tanks are to be periodically inspected and re-qualified. It's been so long, I cannot recall the intervals - and they likely have change - but I did confirm that - in this country anyway - they are to be inspected. On 06-Oct-2015, at 18:46, Dennis Haynes wrote: > Once the tank is filed with any amount of "liquid" propane the pressure is > dependent on temperature. On a hot day with road heat sinking into the tank > you can get 200 psi in there. > > http://docs.engineeringtoolbox.com/documents/1020/propane_C3H8_vapour_pressu > re.pdf > > The tank is an AME rated tank, not DOT. The inspections/testing for the DOT > tanks are not required. > > Dennis >
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