help! unable to fill propane tank in rv
I recently purchased a MB Sprinter RV that comes with a 6 gallon propane tank used for water heating and furnace. Today, I went to fill it up since it was empty and once the technician connected the p...
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Trevor, Greetings,
All types of travel units are RVs, not just MHs. That cliarified, I'd like to help with your filling issue.
MHs mounted tanks are equipped with an 80% full 'spitter' well described by a previous poster. opd equipped portable bottles 40# propane capacity and under are equipped with 80% liquid overflow valves, as well as check valves in the fill point that can sometimes be a challenge to overcome when connecting the fill hose. Sometimes it takes a strong grip to tighten them enough to overcome the check valve.
The other reason is that if your bottle is a portable, designed to be used in say, horizontal, but filled vertical, that the fill technician did not see that direction on it.
This is common on TC & forklift bottles, not well labeled.
Sincerely, Max
All types of travel units are RVs, not just MHs. That cliarified, I'd like to help with your filling issue.
MHs mounted tanks are equipped with an 80% full 'spitter' well described by a previous poster. opd equipped portable bottles 40# propane capacity and under are equipped with 80% liquid overflow valves, as well as check valves in the fill point that can sometimes be a challenge to overcome when connecting the fill hose. Sometimes it takes a strong grip to tighten them enough to overcome the check valve.
The other reason is that if your bottle is a portable, designed to be used in say, horizontal, but filled vertical, that the fill technician did not see that direction on it.
This is common on TC & forklift bottles, not well labeled.
Sincerely, Max
