Propane tank

37chief · Dec 3, 2015

Brother has a tank filled by a company. The tank now has a lock fitting on the outlet side. He hooked my transfer tank, I used to fill my tractor when I was using propane, to get gas to the house. He has the hose to the regulator hooked up from the liquid outlet of the tank. Should the regulator be hooked up to the vapor outlet? I need to contact the company. I know it is for non payment. If he needs gas I will have his tank filled. Until the gas company gets here Need to know about the tank hook up. Stan

Mike M · Dec 3, 2015

Run VAPOR ONLY from your tank into your first stage regulator ( which mine is red )up to the house where you should have a second stage regulator. 1 of mine is brown and the one at my building is dark green. If this helps identify them.

paul · Dec 3, 2015

Yikes.

Paul

hd6gtom · Dec 3, 2015

if that hasnot already exploded--- it will SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike M · Dec 3, 2015

I'm thinking if he turned it on he was saved by it freezing up and nothing could move through the regulator ?

paul · Dec 3, 2015

Relative had a new fangled bin corn drier set up.

Company A installed it, propane company B hooked up the propane.

Relative started using it, Company A person drove in to see how it was working.

He got out, ran over to the propane tanks and shut them down.

This deal was a low heat, vapor hook up air assist drier, and the coop was thinking big grain drier, hooked it up to the wet leg.

Company A guy said its rare for them not to be burning through the corn when hooked up wrong like that, they got lucky.

Paul

showcrop · Dec 3, 2015

Think how high propane companies workers comp rate must be with so many of their tanks blowing up and workers getting killed all the time. Or maybe it is not really all that dangerous with a little knowledge and some common sense.

Frank A · Dec 3, 2015

Like others have said it needs hooked to the vapor if on the liquid side liquid can go through the regulator and then vaporize and you end up with tank pressure in the lines and possibly to the appliance. I'm talking like 100 psi instead of about 6 ounces pressure.

FBH44 · Dec 4, 2015

I've done my own propane work, almost killed myself a few times, til I figured out NOT NOT NEVER do that sort of work, if I don't really know what I'm doing.

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