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Hi Everyone
Just a quicky, anyone know if this Link Removed

can be used for supplying the gas needs on my van (cooking& heating only)????:thumb:

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For cooking/heating you need a tank with a vapour take off point.. i.e. on top of the tank .. with no dip tube

LPG tanks for engines are liquid take off on the top of the tank through a dip tube inside the tank.. no good for your use.
 
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For cooking/heating you need a tank with a vapour take off point.. i.e. on top of the tank .. with no dip tube

LPG tanks for engines are liquid take off on the top of the tank through a dip tube inside the tank.. no good for your use.


Thanks Jim just what I needed to know:thumb:, How the hell can you tell the differance???

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Mmm ok what about this one Link Removed? they mention 4 holes sometimes is that got anything to do with it?

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Mmm ok what about this one Link Removed? they mention 4 holes sometimes is that got anything to do with it?

Tim

Can't say.. Not enough information from the seller..

best bet is to ask the seller the question .. "Does the tank have a vapour take off point"

problem is .. he may not know .. but if it is off of an LPG conversion I doubt it

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A drawing that explains better than words.

Note that this tank has both liquid and vapour take off ..
 

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Just a thought here...would it not be possible to unscrew the takeoff point and cut the liquid standpipe off then screw the takeoff point back in,giving a vapour takeoff.
Am not advocating this is safe and acceptable practice...its just a thought.
 

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Just a thought here...would it not be possible to unscrew the takeoff point and cut the liquid standpipe off then screw the takeoff point back in,giving a vapour takeoff.
Am not advocating this is safe and acceptable practice...its just a thought.

a bit of lateral thinking Dave ..:thumb:

not sure about this, but is the standpipe not welded to the internally threaded boss which is also welded to the tank ?

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a bit of lateral thinking Dave ..:thumb:

not sure about this, but is the standpipe not welded to the internally threaded boss which is also welded to the tank ?

Not realy sure about that Jim, I was under the impresion that most fittings were screwed in. The chances of buying a secondhand LPG habitation tank are very slim but have noticed a lot of LPG fueltanks coming available on evilbay recently at a cheap price. I did think about this as an option myself.
 

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One thing that you would need to know is, will the tank physically fit to your van, if its ex USA it may be too wide.

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Not realy sure about that Jim, I was under the impresion that most fittings were screwed in. The chances of buying a secondhand LPG habitation tank are very slim but have noticed a lot of LPG fueltanks coming available on evilbay recently at a cheap price. I did think about this as an option myself.

if it were the case then I see no reason not to do that ..

from . Code of Practice for under slung gas tanks


Offtake points shall be permanently and clearly marked ‘vapour offtake’ and ‘liquid
offtake’. Preferably, the end connections shall be designed to be non-interchangeable.

so they should be marked.. but whether screwed or welded isn't clear.

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Mmm ok what about this one Link Removed? they mention 4 holes sometimes is that got anything to do with it?

Tim


On my RV the 3 tanks have four outlet vents each, fills up much quicker than the single tank I used to have on my Jeep that had only one or two outlets.
 

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