Has anyone recertified a refillable propane tank recently

bmupton wrote:
Around here we usually just trade the old tanks in and get new ones and the last time I did it it cost me $5 per tank (plus propane) and I got a brand new tank. Home Depot around here does it that way.

Recertification costs more than a new tank here anyhow, so that's a pretty good deal in my books.

Go to Walmart .... trade in your tank for $19 or so and get a full Blue Rhino with another 10 years to go.....

Lynnmor wrote:

Thats_Ok wrote:
Who does the re-certifying?
What is the cost?
Is it a hassle?

I have Manchester 40 pounder in great condition that's closing in on 12 years 09\01.
Just got it refilled and the guy at the welding\gas place said it's getting close.

They cost too much to toss out so it needs a new date.

Appreciate any and all help.
TIA

I'm in my foxhole and tossing this out:

Look at a recertified tank and write down the numbers.
Using your steel stamps, make yours look like that.

INCOMING!!!!

That's about all the last guy did when he "recertified" the tanks on my old trailer!

And yet...the O2 tank on my uncle's oxy-acet rig is A-OK, date stamped 1947!

resert is much cheaper than a new 40# tank.

oh my!!! I sure hope the LP police do not read this thread! ;)

recertification stamp for propane cylinders, I have seen both rectangle like this one and oval stamps and I don’t know if they are universal…
MM XXX YY E

MM -> 2 digit recertification month
XXX ->3 character Re-qualifier’s registration number
YY -> 2 digit recertification year
E ->States the cylinder has been externally examined only




There are different levels of requalification that can be done…

If your propane tank has been requalified, the requalification date will usually be printed on an oval sticker and affixed to the collar of the tank…

If the date on the sticker does not have a letter to the right of it, your propane tank needs to be requalified within 12 years of the date on the sticker...

If the date printed on the sticker has a letter "S" to the right of it, then your propane tank needs to be requalified within 7 years of the date printed on the sticker...

If the date printed on the sticker has the letter "E" to the right of it, then your propane tank needs to be requalified within 5 years of the date printed on the sticker...

Lynnmor wrote:

Thats_Ok wrote:
Who does the re-certifying?
What is the cost?
Is it a hassle?

I have Manchester 40 pounder in great condition that's closing in on 12 years 09\01.
Just got it refilled and the guy at the welding\gas place said it's getting close.

They cost too much to toss out so it needs a new date.

Appreciate any and all help.
TIA

I'm in my foxhole and tossing this out:

Look at a recertified tank and write down the numbers.
Using your steel stamps, make yours look like that.

INCOMING!!!!

I took 3 propane tanks from my work to have them recertified, (I volunteered because I wanted to see how they did it, as mine were due). All they did was give them a visual look see, and re-stamp them with steel stamps, and now good for another 10 years. I said to myself, "Well there now, that seemed pretty easy". Mine were recertified later that evening.

Thats_Ok wrote:
Who does the re-certifying?
What is the cost?
Is it a hassle?

I have Manchester 40 pounder in great condition that's closing in on 12 years 09\01.
Just got it refilled and the guy at the welding\gas place said it's getting close.

They cost too much to toss out so it needs a new date.

Appreciate any and all help.
TIA

I'm in my foxhole and tossing this out:

Look at a recertified tank and write down the numbers.
Using your steel stamps, make yours look like that.

INCOMING!!!!

Bobbo wrote:

bmupton wrote:
Around here we usually just trade the old tanks in and get new ones and the last time I did it it cost me $5 per tank (plus propane) and I got a brand new tank. Home Depot around here does it that way.

Recertification costs more than a new tank here anyhow, so that's a pretty good deal in my books.

That's great for the 20# tanks, but the OP has a 40# tank. Nobody has a swap center for those.

Mine were 30#. That being said, I didn't see any 40 pounders. (nor did I ask)

bmupton wrote:
Around here we usually just trade the old tanks in and get new ones and the last time I did it it cost me $5 per tank (plus propane) and I got a brand new tank. Home Depot around here does it that way.

Recertification costs more than a new tank here anyhow, so that's a pretty good deal in my books.

That's great for the 20# tanks, but the OP has a 40# tank. Nobody has a swap center for those.

RE: the 20# tanks, that's what Blue Rhino's for.
I bought 2 at a yard sale for a $1 each. They had the old style valves. Went to my local CVS and traded them in for two newer tanks that have current certification and valves.