propane tank purging
Have anyone ever had their propane tank purged? I was reading in the FMCA magazine that it should be done once in awhile.
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camper19709 wrote:
Yes. My tank was so full of air that the tank would not fill. The vapor vent needed to be opened for an extended time to expel the captured air. This was at a large propane supplier in Arizona that serves RVers.
That "vapor vent" is actually the "liquid level gauge" that's used to indicate when the tank is full. Proper purging involves a few cycles of filling the tank with propane vapor and slowly venting it with the proper equipment before filling it with liquid propane.
