Propane Fill Personnel Training Lack of !!!
Had a nice experience today at the local propane filling place. I took 3 30 lb tanks in. The guy comes out, tells me the first tank is out of date. The sticker says 8/17. The original mfg date is 9/04...
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RJsfishin wrote:
I like the guys that don't bother to even loosen the bleeder valve.
They fill it till the pump stops, and I'm on my way. If it happens to get a little too full, good !
And once in a while I get the stupid one that thinks you must loosen the bleeder valve, or the tank won't fill, or mite blow up.
There ain't no fixin those kind, trust me !
I HOPE this post is making fun of fillers. IF you are serious---You are an idiot. It stops because the auto fill float has shut off the LP fill, not because the pump just stops. BUT, as with all things, the Auto stops are NOT always reliable and you can easily overfill a DOT tank. The bleeder valve is REQUIRED to be open. It is the 2nd line of defense from over filling. IF it spews Liquid, STOP the fill the tank has reached its correct liquid level. FILL procedure---
1. You get the Tare weight of the tank and ALWAYS fill by weight. Once the weight and tare has been reached the tank is full to correct level
2. The Bleed valve is the 2nd line and stop when it spews
3. The Auto fill stop float is the LAST line of defense for filling
