If it won't shut off, you need to replace it as soon as you can. Right now
you don't have any control over when it is going to empty, and it's keeping
constant pressure--if not all that much--against every seal in your system.

I found everything I ever needed at a local propane supply house. Just call
wherever you buy propane and ask then were they get parts. Frank Condelli
of this list also has great quality Vanagon propane stuff.

Jim

On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 3:58 PM Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I searched by subject in archives but no hits.
>
> My propane tank is 10 years old. The shut off valve gets opened, closed a
> few or several times a year. Amount of propane in tank may be quite low.
>
> I highly doubt this is the case but....
>
> If the propane level is quite low, would that affect the main shut off
> valve operation?
>
> I don't know the construction of the valve but an internet search led me to
> this image of a cut open RV propane tank. Direct link to image page:
>
> https://www.rv-insight.com/images/propane-tank-innards.jpg
>
> The shut off valve appears separate from the other parts.
>
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil n
>
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