LPG Cylinder Swap
I've seen how some LPG tanks/cylinders are measured by lbs and some by gals so I wondered if there was some sort of typo or maybe I just misunderstood as I thought all cylinders were measured by lbs s...
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rodwha wrote:
Reading a bit I see complaining about swapping and getting cheated, but then I also read the same of having them filled. Does anyone place a scale down at fillup?
I wouldn't want to swap out new cylinders for an unknown one...
We have a propane business not far from us. I'd go there for now. I wondered about other times such as when you are out all summer, which we are looking forward to doing. The grocery store sure would be convenient... As an aside I'm wondering about filling our grill's cylinder there now that I'm thinking about it, rather than swapping it (15 lbs for about $15). I'll be sure to weigh it just to see from now on.
So I have my BBQ tanks and my 30lb RV tanks usually filled at 3 different places. One is a big city propane seller selling for industral forklifts, BBQ grills, campers, residential 300 gallons propane tanks and as several large delivery trucks. 2nd is a small town propane seller typiclly one delivery truck and filling the same BBQ and camper propane tanks. The third is a guy that has a 200 gallon tank in his yard and only fills BBQ tanks and camper tanks. I've watched them all fill my tanks and they all always one the bypass screw on the side of the tank valve and leave it open until propane starts spitting out. This allows the tank to fill as full as possible which is only 80% with todays OPD valve. I never exchange my BBQ tanks unless the pressure test date has expired and never ever exchange the RV tanks, one because I don't like to exchange and two theres no where to exchange the 30lb RV tanks.
