Roy wrote:

Just what is involved with filling a new propane tank. I just bought a
brand new 100# tank. Took it to a gas supplier to get filled, and they
want a $25.00 initial fee supposedly to purge it..........what gives.
If its empty its empty. Its got the standard type of valve (OPD not
required on a 100# cylinder) so it can be opened and any air inside
can be vented to the atmosphere. Am I missing something here? Called
two others and they also said the tank needs to be purged since its
new.........I have bought new 20# and never had to have them purged .
I smell a rip off for some reason.

Maybe I just need to transfer some gas to give it a used smell into
this new cylinder and then act like its been filled before.
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So, what is considered a "safe and acceptable" standard purging routine
for propane containers?

Does it involve evacuating the cylinder to some negative pressure (without
imploding it of course) and then backfilling it with propane?

Or is it some number of cycles of squirting in some amount of propane and
letting the air/propane mixture vent out of the container?

Jeff

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