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On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:04:44 GMT, Bruce L. Bergman
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,;On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:07:06 -0600, Taunt
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,;I'll check into it. I guessing I'd have to cut a hole for the exhaust,
I
,;don't know if I want to do that. ????
,;
,; Do it, it's always worth the trouble. Two words: "Carbon Monoxide"

Two additional words not mentioned except by chemists...Sulfuric acid

That compound added to propane (or natural gas) for odor detection is
a sulfur compound. Guess what comes out with the exhaust gasses after
combustion along with a hell of a lot of water.
,;

What's the worry?

Ethyl mercaptan is added in _extremely_ small amounts to propane - the
mercaptans are about the most fouls-smelling things there are, so you don't
need a whole lot of it to make the point.

What's more, they are heavier than propane and tend to sink to the bottom of
the bottle, so the percentage of mercaptan you burn is even smaller than
what is added (until you are at the very end of the tank). You'll probably
re-fill it before that, as it smells, well, bad.