Propane Tanks Expired
One of my 30lb tanks was near empty and when I tried to fill it the guy said it was 1 year expired. How difficult is it to get re-certified? How long does it take? I'm thinking about just going aro...
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mobeewan wrote:MNGeeks61 wrote:
weird, never seen that sticker before on an RV propane tank. Granted we only "rv'd" towing a popup/travel trailer since 1996. For that matter, I don't think our 125 gallon tank up north even has one of those...
Maybe it's specific to a certain area?
It is a federal regulation both in the US and Canada. The regulation is mirrored in individual state and provincial laws or regulations. The sticker identifies the actual contents of the cylinder while it is being transported on the highways. It is only added after filling the cylinder the first time. If it is a brand new cylinder that has never been filled with liquified propane you can't put one on it because it doesn't have any thing in it except air or a vacuum purge.
Any cylinder not just propane cylinders being transported on the highway has to have a label indicating the tank contents whether argon, oxygen, acetelene, hydrogen, etc. In essence the sticker is a hazmat label for the contents.
Seeing that at a lot of places the people filling cylinders don't appear to know what they are doing or don't use proper procedure filling the cylinders, not opening the vent screw, not weighing cylinders and relying on the OPD to stop the filling process when the cylinder is legally full, no one can expect them to put the label on the cylinder for you. The average person doesn't know it is required until told or they get a ticket from the highway revenue agents looking to fill their ticket quota.
Thank you for your post about what the sticker looks like. It sounds to me like you have a lot of cops in VA that have very little to do. But, I have bumped into them around here from time to time also. I have never heard of anyone getting a ticket in this area for the lack of the sticker. And, the site you linked to wants 5 bucks for one of them. The next time I have a tank filled I will ask if they have any of them I can have for free. Otherwise I am going to take my chances and hope for the best. I'm glad that I know about those stickers now and will try to find some just in case I bump into a bored cop someday too. Thanks.
