Testing for propane leak?
While sleeping in my truck camper last night, I smelled what I'm pretty sure was propane odor. No propane alarm sounded and my detector is only a couple of years old. So I got up at 3 a.m. (yawn) an...
Forum Discussion
DO NOT GET A LONGER WRENCH!!
The leak is due to a poor seal in the tank. This is a common problem especially for old tanks. I had a couple of exchange tanks do the same thing. I found exchange tanks are often very old and I have yet to find one with a recertification stamp. This past winter I went through a half dozen tanks from Lowes and Home Depot and two leaked. I was careful and got new tanks from the exchange cage. Now I go elsewhere and have them refilled.
The leak is due to a poor seal in the tank. This is a common problem especially for old tanks. I had a couple of exchange tanks do the same thing. I found exchange tanks are often very old and I have yet to find one with a recertification stamp. This past winter I went through a half dozen tanks from Lowes and Home Depot and two leaked. I was careful and got new tanks from the exchange cage. Now I go elsewhere and have them refilled.
