Re: Fuel canister adapter???

<cayoung61**spambloc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I bought the refil adaptor for 16 ounce propane cylinders. For whatever
> reason, the valves usually leak after refil. The tank is 12 ounces,
empty.
>
> I know of no adaptor for what you ask. Wish I did, it's excellent idea.

Isn't refilling those canisters kind of illegal?  Or at least illegal
to trans****t said canisters over any public road.

SM: It was several years ago. My sense was that it was mostly a problem
for 
interstate commerce.

The tool sounds
like drug paraphernalia  - perhaps not illegal to have, but ultimately
illegal to use in the intended fa****on.

SM: So true.

Those canisters are so cheap,
so why would anyone want to refill them if the process is unreliable?

SM: Canisters are three bucks a pound, and propane is about a buck a
pound. 
Only takes a couple refils to pay for itself. And, you don't know that the

process is unreliable until you try it. I've heard the original equipment 
Coleman canisters seal a lot better. I was doing Ozark Trail.

My research indicates that the walls aren't thick enough to take
continued refilling and that some people have ended up with large
clouds of propane that sometimes ignites.

SM: Got a link? If it's that dangerous, I'd like to know.

As hooking up propane to a mixture fuel canister stove...I'd think for
any reasonable temperature that canister stove devices should be able
to handle the pressure.  Still - it sort of defeats the purpose of
having a small stove using a small canister.

SM: And propane may cook differently than a propane / butane mix.

BTW - Coleman now has these "Green Key" things that are inserted into
the cylinder valve.  The valve then sticks open and is essentially
marked as being fully emptied/depressurized and safe for recycling or
disposal.  I've only seen them sold on new Coleman cylinders at a few
s****ting goods stores (Big 5 so far) but they're supposed to have 6-
packs of these things for 99 cents if I could find them.

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=3000000415&categoryid=27203

SM: I've never heard of such.