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Propane bottles (an expensive lesson)
About a week ago my old gas grill bit the dust - Actually a fire started
under the bottom of the grill and I was able to turn off the tank in time. Oh well it was time. I think it was a Thermos with a cast pot metal barrel. I don't know haw many times I rebuilt it. Any way Target had a Brinkman 3 cast iron burner grill on sale, 45,000 BTU + a 12,000 side burner. Reasonable price why not? Got one of the kids to pick it up (I know I should buy a small old pick-up for some such jobs) and bring it over to the house. Ok Saturday afternoon I started the "assembly process" Not bad reasonable step by step instructions with not too many parts left over. LOL. So I wheeled it out to the back yard and hooked up the tank. Turned the valve on Hsssssssss. Turned it off and got the soapy water. Hmmm a leak at the connector to the tank. It couldn't be tightened down enough to stop the Hsssssssss. Called the 800 number - sorry only M-F... Ok I loosened the fittings to the burners and the side burner - grabbed the regulator hose assembly and back to Target receipt in hand. Told the kid at the counter - no spare parts - and they could not loosen the assembly from the floor model (they were willing but no muscle). Ok over to the Do-It-Center. $25.00 later I have a new assembly. Back to the back yard put it all back together. Yea! Turn on the bottle Hsssssssssssssss. Nuts! Go and get the spare bottle which I should have done in the first place. Hooked everything up No Hssssss. Look into the bottle and see a badly cracked dark orange colored ring inside. Next time I'll check the exchange bottles more carefully or have the existing bottles filled. An expensive lesson. Dimitri |
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Dimitri wrote:
<snip> > Go and get the spare bottle which I should have done in the first place. > Hooked everything up > > No Hssssss. > > Look into the bottle and see a badly cracked dark orange colored ring > inside. > > Next time I'll check the exchange bottles more carefully or have the > existing bottles filled. > > An expensive lesson. > > Dimitri > > I gave up on the return programs a few years ago. Now I have 2 30# tanks that I got at an RV dealer. I prefer to own my own tanks so I know what they've been through. I like the 30# tanks much better than the 20's anyhow. I also got a gauge for each of 'em so I know how much is left. Well worth the $. -- Steve |
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Dimitri wrote:
<snip> > Go and get the spare bottle which I should have done in the first place. > Hooked everything up > > No Hssssss. > > Look into the bottle and see a badly cracked dark orange colored ring > inside. > > Next time I'll check the exchange bottles more carefully or have the > existing bottles filled. > > An expensive lesson. > > Dimitri > > I gave up on the return programs a few years ago. Now I have 2 30# tanks that I got at an RV dealer. I prefer to own my own tanks so I know what they've been through. I like the 30# tanks much better than the 20's anyhow. I also got a gauge for each of 'em so I know how much is left. Well worth the $. -- Steve |
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:22:33 -0500, Steve Calvin
> wrote: > >I gave up on the return programs a few years ago. Now I have 2 30# tanks >that I got at an RV dealer. I prefer to own my own tanks so I know what > they've been through. I like the 30# tanks much better than the 20's >anyhow. I also got a gauge for each of 'em so I know how much is left. >Well worth the $. I bought a 100 lb tank at Lowe's for $80, went to a welding supply for fittings and a longer hose. I fill once a year at most. Plus the propane truck will stop to fill it just as cheap as if I took it in myself. Bruce |
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"Dimitri" > wrote in message > > > Next time I'll check the exchange bottles more carefully or have the > existing bottles filled. > > An expensive lesson. > > Dimitri Why pay the high price of an excange and get a bottle you know nothing about? Just two hours ago I had two of min filled at BJ's for $8.39 each. It does not get much cheaper. A new 20 pound bottle is only $20 there also. |
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On 30-Mar-2005, "Dimitri" > wrote: > About a week ago my old gas grill bit the dust - Actually a fire started > under the bottom of the grill and I was able to turn off the tank in time. > Okay already. I learned how to snip. (When I remember it) > > Next time I'll check the exchange bottles more carefully or have the > existing bottles filled. > > An expensive lesson. > > Dimitri Lesson well learned. Thank you Dimitri. Brick (Keep the shiny side up) ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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