exchanging propane cylinder that came with TT
I recently tried to have my 20lb propane tank refilled and it wouldn't fill. The person filling it determined it must be a bad valve. She proceeded to fill a second tank I had without issue. So my que...
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I was once told I had a bad valve when they attempted to fill one of my cylinders. It turned out the valve actually wasn't bad. It was a threaded retainer inside the end of the outlet of the valve. It had partially unthreaded and did not allow the fill connection to seat all the way.
The retainer had threads on the outside and a hole through the center to allow the propane to flow through. There were two slots 180 degrees apart. I was able to use a piece of aluminum flat bar that I used as a screwdriver to turn the retainer to retighten it. The retainer holds parts of the check valve that is supposed to stop propane from comming out of the tank when they valve is in the open position and there is no hose connected.
The check valve assembly was added to the valve design around 1980. Before the check feature was added to the valve you could actually turn the handwheel of the valve with no hose connected and propane would come out.
You might check to see if you have a loose retainer.
The retainer had threads on the outside and a hole through the center to allow the propane to flow through. There were two slots 180 degrees apart. I was able to use a piece of aluminum flat bar that I used as a screwdriver to turn the retainer to retighten it. The retainer holds parts of the check valve that is supposed to stop propane from comming out of the tank when they valve is in the open position and there is no hose connected.
The check valve assembly was added to the valve design around 1980. Before the check feature was added to the valve you could actually turn the handwheel of the valve with no hose connected and propane would come out.
You might check to see if you have a loose retainer.
