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Subject:Re: Propane tank certification
From:Neil N
Date:Tue, 24 Jul 2018 19:22:47 -0700

Some images of the tank I replaced. Tank still mounted:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZaJBujowCtYHsLq57

Type of ID tag I'd referred to in my reply to the OP

https://photos.app.goo.gl/GkSYubWn8tTHDukh6

More of tag:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZwgveY18vYE42YvD6

Pitting on tank where ID tag was:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/K9G9fqTw2P53B4LS8

Could I have refurbished the tank? Yes. But for my own piece of mind I
chose not to.

Neil.

On 7/24/18, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote:

>      Unless the tank is heavily pitted why worry about it?  If it leaks it
> will just get a pin hole in it.
>       I’ve seen dozens of tanks replaced that had nothing but light surface
> rust on them.

Neil wrote at some point:

>> I landed a new tank, removed old tank, hung new tank and had an RV
>> shop do the rest.

-- 
Neil n

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