LP Fill Fail
I went to Menards tonight after we filled the tank with gas, so that I could get a fill on LP. The girl screwed the nozzle on the fill port and pulled the trigger, gas shot out the vent, so she tried ...
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1. YOU ALWAYS OPEN THE 80% VALVE WHEN FILLING---NO EXCEPTIONS
2. If it is NOT opened when filling, you are violating the LP regulations for filling. The purpose of the 80% valve be opened while filling is NOT(NOT) to allow air to escape. There is NO air in a properly purged LP tank. ONLY LP VAPOR.
3. The REASON for the 80% valve to be opened is simple. IF you get liquid LP out of the 80% BEFORE the Auto shut off stops the fill, YOU STOP THE FILL REGARDLESS. The tank has reached its safe fill when Liquid comes out of the 80% valve. Auto Shut Offs are not that accurate at times.
4. YOU OPEN THE 80% ON PORTABLE DOT CYLINDERS ALSO FOR THE SAME REASON. AND shut off for the same reason. Doug
2. If it is NOT opened when filling, you are violating the LP regulations for filling. The purpose of the 80% valve be opened while filling is NOT(NOT) to allow air to escape. There is NO air in a properly purged LP tank. ONLY LP VAPOR.
3. The REASON for the 80% valve to be opened is simple. IF you get liquid LP out of the 80% BEFORE the Auto shut off stops the fill, YOU STOP THE FILL REGARDLESS. The tank has reached its safe fill when Liquid comes out of the 80% valve. Auto Shut Offs are not that accurate at times.
4. YOU OPEN THE 80% ON PORTABLE DOT CYLINDERS ALSO FOR THE SAME REASON. AND shut off for the same reason. Doug
