Expired Propane Tanks
So I went to fill up our two 7 gallon propane tanks and the guy points out the date(04 02)stamped into the handle and says after 12 years they are expired. The guy still filled them because he said th...
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hawkeye-08 wrote:
I've been told that the propane suppliers will re-certify tanks. maybe someone has done this?
I ran into this last year.. I had the tanks filled in 2013 at Camping World and was warned next year they would be out of date. So when I went to get them refilled last fall, I opted to go to the Ace Hardware which has several teenage kids working there whom I would not figured would have looked. Sure enough, he noticed the dates even though the tanks are perfect and wouldn't fill them. But he did refer me to a propane place in the next town that would "recertify" them.
So I take the tanks to the other place, mention they are out of date and cautiously ask what this recertification will cost me. If the valve is good(it was), its a whopping 5 dollars a tank.
If your tanks are in good shape, don't even fret about it. Just have them recertified. I wasted 5 dollars in diesel trying to avoid it.
