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Been there-dun-that! With out the boom. Propane need to be at 60% concentration to go boom! THE MAJOR HAZARD IS STATIC WHEN YOU ARE CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING AND ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF SPARKS WHEN YOU ARE USING METAL PLIERS ON THE METAL RELIEF VALVE IF THE PLIERS SLIP OFF.
Plenty of people have had their car gas tanks start on fire but they still trust ANY moron to go pump their own gas... I've had gas shoot out at me before too. Pump jerks just say "you should have been watching the pump."
I worry more that one will leak when I have it hooked to my heater than when I am refilling it. I have seen that twice now and it's scary.
It helps to keep your buddy heater off the ice and higher in the shack where it stays warmer. Milk crate works great and you can use it to store stuff on the sled. I would like to know how you get the 20lb bottle refilled with out a tip over protection valve installed. Around here they wont turn on the pump for a bottle without it.
They won't do it anywhere Gulp... Federal law requiring the "new" overflow valve.
I do know, Gulp, that there are certain hoses that do not need a filter. I want to say that they are the green hoses?? I'm sure someone else can clarify....
For some real fun, duct tape a flare to a full tank, then shoot it. Seen it in the remake of Dawn of the Dead. A 20 pounder will wipe out a couple hundred zombies.
I have filled 1501 and have not had a problem
Of course they tell you not to do this. First of all it removes all liability from them. Secondly they don't make money when you refill them. As to them going kaboom, I think the worst thing that can happen is that the valve fails and it leaks out. As long as you don't do this near an open flame you are pretty safe.