Tractor Supply and Blue Rhino
Until recently, the least expensive option for getting my 20# propane tanks filled was at my local tractor supply. It was like $10 to fill verses $20 to exchange at Blue Rhino, where I had inherited a...
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Filling and recertification, not manufacture of cylinders. There's a difference in the laws governing them.
In general, states can and often do use the recommendations in the National Fire Protection Assn, pub 58:
https://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-standards/all-codes-and-standards/list-of-codes-and-standards/detail?code=58
Many states simply adopt those recommendations in full, but others modify them (adding, taking away, etc.).
Lynn
In general, states can and often do use the recommendations in the National Fire Protection Assn, pub 58:
https://www.nfpa.org/codes-and-standards/all-codes-and-standards/list-of-codes-and-standards/detail?code=58
Many states simply adopt those recommendations in full, but others modify them (adding, taking away, etc.).
Lynn
coolmom42 wrote:eubank wrote:
Regulation of filling and recertification is state law, not federal. You'd have to find out what your state's rules require, how those rules are disseminated, and whether neighboring states decide to abide by them. It certainly wouldn't be the first time that one state's rules are not acceptable to some other state.
Lynn
That is not correct. Cylinders (and everything else) used to transport hazardous materials are regulated by the DOT per CFR49, parts 171-177. The web site is down right now, or I could look up the exact citation.
I've never seen anything but stamped markings allowed. But it's possible Blue Rhino applied for and got a special exemption as a "consumer" item.
My advice is to spring for a couple of cylinders with stamped markings. They are not horribly expensive at a propane dealer, and will not have taken the abuse of a Blue Rhino.
