does propane go bad?
Bought a spare propane cylinder....then the thought struck me....does propane go bad after a while, like gasoline does when it's been sitting for a long time? thx
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QCMan wrote:
It probably does but my guess is that you will be dust by the time it does so don't worry about it. Your tank will go bad way before that.
You, Your children, and likely their children. If it does. nobody has lived long enough to find out the shelf life... I think the tank would rust out first. And .. Well that too is not something I'd worry about as they are designed to NOT RUST.
The greater danger is leakage. Or expansion/contraction.
The first is obvious
The second... When the tank gets hot the contents expand faster than the tank. this drives up the pressure and there is a safety pressure release so it does not go POP (Followed by BOOM as it ignites)
Thus you can lose contents over time. But even that is LONG TIME.
