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Default Initial fill of new Propane tank fact or fiction on purge needed

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 23:45:04 GMT, Loren Coe
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In article , lane wrote:

"Mark" wrote
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I don't know, Some of what's been posted is accurate but lots of this
'information' is inaccurate.

And purging a gasoline tank? What a troll!

Then theirs the motor fuel/ motor home people. They pull in and first
question from me is anyone in the motor home.

Working with LP wasn't bad, working with the people who use it was
unacceptable. Mark


Mark, very good post, thanks.
You reminded me of a motor home fire I happened upon. It was at a busy
shopping district just outside of Portland Oregon. The firemen had about a
1/4 mile radius marked off. The motor home was sitting along side a propane
filling station behind a gas station. The firemen were hosing the motor home
and the huge propane tank just along side of it. I managed to find a parking
spot with a good sight line to watch. The motor home was a total loss,
totally engulfed. Then all of the sudden kaboom! I thought that maybe the
big propane tank went, but no it was still there. I figure the smaller tank
in the motor home went. Wasn't much left of the motor home after that. I
never heard if anyone got hurt. Very scary scene. Lane


hmmm, i thought we decided they wouldn't blow up in a fire? maybe it got
hot enough? maybe it was the hw heater, somehow? --Loren


Or one of the tires. More likely than the propane tank.