| [GMCnet] Does the person filling your LP tank really know what they are doing? [message #327951] |
Sun, 07 January 2018 09:39 |
glwgmc
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On our way to Alaska in 2016 we pulled into what appeared to be a new, fairly large and well stocked outpost in the Yukon Territory for propane one morning. In the Royale the propane tank is under the rear dinette seat by the door. A chipper young man came immediately out, hooked up the hose and turned on the pump. I quickly asked him about opening the vent. In a strong Russian accent he said it didn’t need to be open because the pump would automatically stop when full. I told him no it would not and again said to open the vent screw. He again said he didn’t need to and had been trained to just wait for the pump to shut off. About that time I reached over and shut down the pump. He got mad at what he considered my interference. I asked him how long he had been filling propane tanks in RVs. He said he arrived about a week earlier and the outpost owner showed him how!
That evening I hooked up the BBQ and the pressure immediately started spitting propane through the hose fittings. I opened the vent and let it blow off all that excess pressure. As the temperature rose during the day the pressure built to what must have been really excessive to breach the hose fittings like that. I don’t even want to think what might have happened if I had walked away to go to the bathroom while he was “filling” the tank!
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed & hand crafted
in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building
in historic Kerby, OR
http://jerrywork.com
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Jerry & Sharon Work
78 Royale
Kerby, OR
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