sf wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:42:16 -0700, "Nexis" > wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, no one ever thought to check the propane! :/
>> We were making the sides and wondering why we couldn't
>> smell the chicken much yet, so we checked it out and saw the
>> flame was as gone as the thrill.
>
> Sorry!
>
> How do you check propane? It doesn't have a window or a gauge.
> That's why the d*mn gas grill that replaced my charcoal burning Weber
> is almost never used. I don't trust tanks so I don't keep extras
> around. I don't like the thought of having mini bombs sitting around
> waiting to explode.
>
As long as you don't situate the propane tank in the hot sun, you'll be o.k.
The tank will vent if it gets hot -- it's supposed to and that isn't a
problem unless there is an ignition source closeby. A couple of houses in
our city burned to the ground last month with that situation. The propane
tank was a larger utility one. It was installed on the sunny side of the
house and had been for years. The temperature was over 100F that day, the
tank vented as it should, but there was an electric somthing or other in use
nearby and ka-boom. I guess the ka-boom rocked the entire neighborhood. No
one was hurt because they heard the load hissing and vacated the two homes
before the explosion.
Janet