Well,
I don't agree that it is okay to have a propane bottle inside your van while
operating gas appliances. I believe the directions on the side of the bottle
warn against this. There is a pressure relief valve in the bottles for a
purpose. If that valve were to open up inside your van with a gas heater
burning.... well it would be the last time you made that mistake.
Bill
90 WEsty Syncro
-----Original Message-----
From: C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA. <chrisgibbs@GCI.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, July 01, 1999 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: Replacement propane tank

>Jason,
>
>The propane bottle inside the car is fine, infact the Europeans seen to
prefer
>a bottle in good condition inside the car over the American method of a
rusty
>one with defective auto shutoff valves on the outside.
>
>Plus, its a little tedious kneeling in the snow with a can of de-icer
trying to
>free up the filler valve EVERY time the gas Propex heater goes off.
>
>I've been thinking of buying the 20lb bottle from Cosco myself!  To roll
down
>the window and chuck the bottle at the guy would be bliss - BIG PLUS - they
all
>know how to fill the Cosco style bottles too (aka Jiffy Lube).
>
>Regards,
>Chris Gibbs
>
>Jason M. Yasment wrote:
>
>>     What exactly is the capacity on the propane tank on our westfalis?
If
>> it is nothing spectacular (10 lbs +), wouldn't it make sense to get an
>> adapter to run a 20lb bottle or even just the small 1lb bottles?  With
the
>> cost of a replacement tank, the safety issue of driving around with
>> pressurized propane, wouldn't make sense to swap over to a more common
and
>> removable container?
>>     With my camper being a daily driver (if I can get it rolling again)
it
>> worries me a bit having the propane onboard at all times.  I've got a bit
of
>> worry about getting T-boned with the kiddos in the car and suffering the
GMC
>> side impact syndrome.
>>
>> Jason
>