[C320-list] Refilling Propane Tank

[JJ Morrison]

Not sure what the US regs are but 10 years is the requirement here in the North. Those Al tanks are well worth getting new valves. I had mine done and the new date is stamped into the valve guard; $40 with a fill as I recall.CheersJohnM1999#574

> From: bstumpp at comcast.net
> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:52:35 -0400
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Refilling Propane Tank
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> Warren, 
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> I had Amerigas replace the regulator valve on my tank and no longer a
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> Bruce Stumpp
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> #647, Adventure
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> Frog MOrtar Creek, Maryland
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> On 11 Sep 2013, at 20:19, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Much to my dismay, another old-timer bites the dust.  No, not a sailing
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> buddy; but, an old-fashioned family-owned independent hardware store.  Gone.
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> After my primary propane refiller also went out of business, this hardware
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> store was my second option.  So, yesterday I went to BJ's Club where I
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> usually have my home grill 20lb tanks refilled.  I was told that they are
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> not allowed to refill tanks more than 12 years old.  Never mind that this is
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> an aluminum tank, or that I had it certified 9 years ago, they wouldn't fill
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> it.  Bummer!  Again on the prowl for another supplier.
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> Warren & Pattie Updike
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> 1994 C320 #62 "Warr De Mar"
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