LP TANK DATE STAMP ?

12 years on new tank then 5 years after first recertification.

Muddydogs wrote:
12 years on new tank then 5 years after first recertification.

What he said.

Dick

Is the twelve year date a nation wide thing or state by state? Anybody know?

12 years on new tank then 5 years after first recertification.

Unless stamped differently by manufacture.

Our newest tanks are stamped by manufacture to re-cert in 10 years.

Maybe cheaper metal used on newer ones?

You don't have a tank, you have a cylinder. Tanks are fixed in place on a RV, like on a motorhome.

Cylinder inspection intervals are determined by the US DOT. The re-inspection interval depends on the method of inspection.

More info in THIS THREAD.

path1 wrote:
12 years on new tank then 5 years after first recertification.

Unless stamped differently by manufacture.

Our newest tanks are stamped by manufacture to re-cert in 10 years.

Maybe cheaper metal used on newer ones?

The two that came with my 05 TH are just 10 years need to get them re-cert when I use the last of the gas in them.

Cylinders or tanks is kind of like the magazine or clip debate. We all knew what he meant.

Pots are 20, 30, 40 lb.
Cylinders are 100 lbs.
Tanks are 250 and 500 gallons and are "set" by the LPG distributor.

coolmom42 wrote:
You don't have a tank, you have a cylinder. Tanks are fixed in place on a RV, like on a motorhome.

Cylinder inspection intervals are determined by the US DOT. The re-inspection interval depends on the method of inspection.

More info in THIS THREAD.

YEAH.............




Tanks do not have re-certification requirements. ASME/NFPA jurisdiction. Tanks can be any size.....11 gallons to 5000 gallons.
Motorhomes have TANKS (permanently mounted)

Cylinders (if portable regardless of size) do have re-certification requirement and are under DOT jurisdiction. TTs, TCs, FWs, have portable cylinders.

In all the years I've had a thing that holds propane (so I don't get into tank vs cylinder debate)> I have never been denied getting it (them ) refilled. Maybe I have been lucky and no one cares. Or because the tanks always look new they assume they are and don't look too hard.