Self serve LPG? Update; link added
Read an article that the new Menards being built in my town will have a self serve LPG filling island in the parking lot. The article described it as if you will connect and fill your own cylinders. ...
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dougrainer wrote:
This comment is ridiculous. LP is under extreme pressure and is a Freezing Liquid when filling. A ten year old can put Gasoline in a car. An untrained ANY AGE could not correctly/Safely fill LP in a DOT tank or Motorhome ASME tank. There should NEVER be "Spilled" LP at any time. Slight vapor yes. Doug
Sounds like you haven't been much to propane fill station.
Not only filing process require constant spill of propane, make it mostly vapor but at the end in liquid, but when disconnecting hoses the operator has to spill several oz of liquid propane.
When filling my motorhome big tank, operators often had to use extensions, what added volume to spill.
I guess that is why most of stations offer price going down with volume.
The spill amount on 2 gallons is going to make much higher % than on 50 gallons.
