Problem filling 5 gal LP tank - help please
I have a Weber Baby Q grill and use a small, refillable 5 gal LP tank. Yesterday I took the tank to the cg LP fill and the tank would not fill, even after several attempts. Tank is by Worthingto...
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wgriswold wrote:
How would the air in the tank due to it not being purged prevent it from filling?
Good question, I await the yammer as to why.
This is fact:
I keep hearing how the little screw on those tanks has to be opened so as to let the air out because air won't compress and let the LP in.
Say WHAT.. First.
IF the tank is properly purged. (If you buy it already filled it's been properly purged) then there is NO AIR IN THE TANK and has not been since the initial fill.
In this case. i'm not so sure.
Second. if air can't be compressed.. WHY do I have an air compressor in the basement (2 of 'em in fact) that I use to put air, Compressed, into my tires?
Oh, why do you purge the tank?
Well... if air is in the tank it's possible for an air/propane mix to get into the line and when it hits the burners.. Bad things can happen.. Thus the tank should be properly purged.
ANd.. At two campgrounds I stay at, I know for a fact the pump jockeys have been properly trained and know how to purge 'em. In one case because we talked about it.
And in the other.. They corrected the final exam in the same room I was sitting in.
Question: What happens if you get the right mixture of Propane and Air and there is a spark.
My Answer (Which the instructor approved of) You land 2 counties over.
Note: The funny answer will be remembered long after the "Explosion" which was on the test.
