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01-21-2008

Posted by Christopher Tidy on January 22, 2008, 3:10 pm

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John Montrose wrote:

> wrote:
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>> Once the top is uncorked, some hot water will remove a lot of the oils
>>that are inside. It's going to STINK!

>
>
> Fairly comprehensive info on both valve and smell removal at
>
> http://www.tinyisland.com/LPvalveRemoval.html

I never figured out why Grant didn't fill them with water, though.

Chris

Posted by Peter Fairbrother on January 22, 2008, 5:48 pm

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Christopher Tidy wrote:

> John Montrose wrote:

>> wrote:
>>
>>

>>> Once the top is uncorked, some hot water will remove a lot of the
>>> oils that are inside. It's going to STINK!

>>
>>
>> Fairly comprehensive info on both valve and smell removal at
>>
>> http://www.tinyisland.com/LPvalveRemoval.html

>
> I never figured out why Grant didn't fill them with water, though.

Me neither - filling them with compressed air at 100 psi sounds like a
good way to make a bomb to me.

-- Peter Fairbrother

Posted by Tom on January 22, 2008, 4:40 am

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Anonymous. wrote:

>>Anonymous. wrote:
>>

>>>
>>>>I know this is`nt model engineering but it`s to do with my workshop.
>>>>I`m thinking of converting a propane bottle into a wood burning stove
>>>>for my workshop. I need to take off the gas valve/tap on the top of
>>>>the bottle so I can fill the bottle with water to get rid of any gas
>>>>in there. My question is this, which way does it turn? I`ve tried
>>>>clockwise and anticlockwise but to no avail. Regards Pete
>>>
>>>You will be guilty of criminal damage because when you obtained
>>>your first cylinder you signed an agreement that the cylinders
>>>belonged to the gas company and you were only hiring them.

>>
>>I *KNOW* I have never signed such an agreement for one,
>>and I doubt the travelers who dump them round here did either....

>
>
> So you are going to knowingly receive stolen goods and convert
> them (both in the technical and also the legal sense) for your own
> purposes?
>
>

What makes you think it is a rental cylinder?

Posted by Christopher Tidy on January 22, 2008, 3:03 pm

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Anonymous. wrote:

> So you are going to knowingly receive stolen goods and convert
> them (both in the technical and also the legal sense) for your own
> purposes?

This seems a bit irrelevant to me as the company won't show up to pick
up fewer than three redundant cylinders. They obviously don't care about
the odd one here and there.

Chris

Posted by Christopher Tidy on January 22, 2008, 3:01 pm

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Anonymous. wrote:

>>I know this is`nt model engineering but it`s to do with my workshop.
>>I`m thinking of converting a propane bottle into a wood burning stove
>>for my workshop. I need to take off the gas valve/tap on the top of
>>the bottle so I can fill the bottle with water to get rid of any gas
>>in there. My question is this, which way does it turn? I`ve tried
>>clockwise and anticlockwise but to no avail. Regards Pete

>
>
> You will be guilty of criminal damage because when you obtained
> your first cylinder you signed an agreement that the cylinders
> belonged to the gas company and you were only hiring them.

Depends how he obtained the cylinder. I wanted one for a similar
purpose, and my local scrap merchant told me he had dozens I could have
for nothing.

Chris

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