[Shop-talk] question on LP tanks

[Doug Braun]

If that were the case, Home Depots would be burning down regularly.

Nothing is supposed to come out unless a hose is connected, even if the
valve is opened.

BTW, a propane tank has the empty weight stamped on the top, so if you
weigh it, you can know exactly how much propane it contains.

Doug

On Sat, Mar 2, 2019, 12:25 PM Tim . via Shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net
wrote:

> 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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