LP Fill Fail

Deano56 wrote:

dougrainer wrote:

Deano56 wrote:
let me spell this out more clearly, the vent did not fall off, it was/is there in tact. She did turn it open a little to see if there was any gas in there which there was not, then she pulled the handle and propane shot out, but I could not see from where as I backed away. Maybe the gasket was missing on the nozzle, or like some said the bleeder valve is bad. I'm going to take it apart

You state LP came OUT. You mean LIQUID came out or LP VAPOR came out? Out of the 80% valve(bleeder) or the fill nozzle area? If the fill nozzle area, then the gasket was missing or not seated. If LIQUID came out of the Bleeder, the tank was FULL. If Vapor came out the Bleeder, that is normal. Regardless, the person filling your LP tank is NOT qualified and should NOT be filling LP tanks, PERIOD. I will assume in your State, there are no regulations that govern LP operations. Doug

Vapor came out, she said it was the bleeder valve, she said even when she closed it all the way.just to show me, but I don't know that for sure because I backed off when she pulled the trigger. All I saw was a big puff of vapor. I did close it tight my self just to see and still big puff of vapor. I'm going back there this afternoon to see if I can get someone else there to try, other wise I will have to wait till next Friday when I'm off work to get to another place

Vapor is supposed to come out. You can't fill a pressurized tank with a liquid gas without giving the air someplace to go and it goes out that valve. That bleeder valve gets opened and as you fill the tank you can hear the hiss from the vapor (air with a propane smell to it) coming out of that valve. When the first sign of liquid appears then the tank is full. That's why you don't smoke while filling the tank with propane. Everything sounds perfectly normal to me.