Propane tank integrity test

unless something has changed the recert pgm does not apply to motor homes.

No requirement for permanent tank. Only for portable cylinders.

Motorhomes have ASME tanks. They are not required to be recertified. A Visual is all that is needed. Unless your State has strict LP requirement laws, the lack of knowledge by LP stations in other states is appalling. They are very different from Travel Trailer DOT portable tanks. DOT portables must be recertified every 10 years from date stamp on tank. Then every 5 years after that. Better to just buy a new tank than pay for recertification. Doug

Untrained staff at propane refill station.

'requalification'

Find another fill station. As others have said there's no requirement for ASME tanks permanently mounted, only portables. When your fill person doesn't know the difference, find another station.

"tanks" are tanks. "Cylinders" are cylinders and cylinders require recertification. Tanks DO NOT!

Tanks are permanently mounted. Cylinders are portable and easily removed.

If they don't believe you, they don't know their job.

The propane tanks in motorhomes are probably at least 1/4 inch thick steel, compared to a thin steel propane tank for travel trailers and 5th wheels. I would suppose that's why the portable tanks require recertification with age.

Wish I was as thin as my tanks.

dougrainer wrote:
Motorhomes have ASME tanks. They are not required to be recertified. A Visual is all that is needed. Unless your State has strict LP requirement laws, the lack of knowledge by LP stations in other states is appalling. They are very different from Travel Trailer DOT portable tanks. DOT portables must be recertified every 10 years from date stamp on tank. Then every 5 years after that. Better to just buy a new tank than pay for recertification. Doug

Actually, in this state at least, a visual inspection by a qualified propane dealer is all that is necessary. However, if that visual inspection leads to a corroded area, propane dealers here have a device that measures the depth of the corrosion and if that corrosion (pitting) is so deep (that have a chart to reference), the tank is deemed unfillable. That applies to stationary bottles (propane tanks are referred to as bottles, not tanks btw) as well as portable as in grill bottles. My good friend owns the local propane distributor, I asked him about just that a few weeks ago because I had just sandblasted and repainted my 2 stationary 500 gallon bottles.

Other states may have different requirements. Not sure but I know what Michigan requires.