I’m not sure where you all get a lot of this false info, BUT in actual fact of life events, I have removed old valves and installed new valves on old tanks and refurbished tanks and have ALWAYS just gone to my Propane supplier, had the tank filled and fired up all Propane powered devices to test before delivering the project to my customer.  It has worked that way hundreds of times over many years without ANY problems.  AND, I am specifically talking about the Vanagon Westy Propane tank delivered on US and Canadian vehicles.

> On Mar 22, 2017, at 5:45 PM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote:
> 
> OK, a timely piece of information given that I just put on a new fill valve
> this morning and filled the tank. It was of course full of air since the
> valve was completely out of the tank. It is not filled with 3.32 gallons of
> propane and obviously that much air, by volume anyway. I have not tried to
> light anything. Should I? Should I empty the tank almost out and fill
> again? The bleed valve was open during part of the fill.

      Please note that I will be away from my business travelling from December 01 until April 30, 2017.  Parts orders will be processed although not as quickly as usual.  I will always be available for contact by E-mail.  If you phone your call will be addressed by Steven and he will either call you back or advise you to contact me directly by E-mail.  

Cheers, 
   
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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