[Shop-talk] question on LP tanks

[Tim .]

I bought my first ever LP tank last month. (I use charcoal when I grill year 'around here in WI.) I bought the tank to use with a newly purchased torpedo heater.

When I hooked up the tank to the heater hose, the tank's valve turned out to be open about half way. The little plastic cover was on the valve so it appeared newly filled. I was not able to get the heater to fire up the other day when I tried for the first time. Since the temperature was in the low 30s, I just did the oil change without using a heater in my shop. I am wondering if the tank was not full or not....

Do these tanks have a some sort of safety thing on the valve to keep them from emptying if the valve is not closed? Or was the tank just left open so leaked empty?

Thanks
tim
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