brightspark
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safe enough if you do it outside and wear gloves as turning the tap on and off and unscrewing the bottle it freezes a bit
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and you have had your legs slapped for talking about it in the past
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Fiar enough not to talk about refills on bottles that are on "rental" as you agreed not to refill them when you signed the rental agreement.
But, you can buy outright refillable bottles that you 100% own and are perfectly entitled to refill yourself from garage lpg pumps or whatever.
Those little blowtorch size cylinders are also purchased outright so are also yours to refill if you want to. The "do not refill" lable on those has no more legal power than a "not for individual sale" lable on a bag from a multipack of crisps
But, you can buy outright refillable bottles that you 100% own and are perfectly entitled to refill yourself from garage lpg pumps or whatever.
Those little blowtorch size cylinders are also purchased outright so are also yours to refill if you want to. The "do not refill" lable on those has no more legal power than a "not for individual sale" lable on a bag from a multipack of crisps
Indeed, no less safe than messing around with 240V motors and drives..
If it's private, what's the issue?
well like the post above saying its safe to do outside, part of the filling which relates to safety has been missed, and you cant assume that people will know the important but that you've missed out. Also it has been advised on this forum that you can use schrader valves (car tyre valves) to bypass valves on bottles, but the vast majority of them are not rated for the pressures that propane can exert.
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I refill the common 1 lb bottles from my 20 lb bottle with no problems nor modifications.
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On the ones I refill, there is a dip tube set at 80%
stop filling when you see liquid coming out there.
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that wont happen as showing something like that will cause the forum issues
if uses do fill up from another bottle they do so at there own risk if users ask about the fittings we can advise or point them to the type needed after that your on your own
as long as they are sealed your safe its when its not sealed becomes the issue
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winchman
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Only people who can explain what ullage is should be filling bottles.
Just remember people who have been doing this for years are still coming a cropper.
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Just remember people who have been doing this for years are still coming a cropper.
St. Helens Managing Director sentenced over gas explosion
The Managing Director of a St Helens gas supply firm has appeared in court after he and an employee suffered multiple burns in an explosion. John Webster was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Exe...
Erie Fred
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That would be the 80% rule then.Only people who can explain what ullage is should be filling bottles.
Just remember people who have been doing this for years are still coming a cropper.
St. Helens Managing Director sentenced over gas explosion
The Managing Director of a St Helens gas supply firm has appeared in court after he and an employee suffered multiple burns in an explosion. John Webster was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Exe...
winchman
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Its a bit more complex than that as many other safety items need to be considered.
Erie Fred
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Like temp ?
gaz1
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thats for a business reference for personal use its different againOnly people who can explain what ullage is should be filling bottles.
Just remember people who have been doing this for years are still coming a cropper.
St. Helens Managing Director sentenced over gas explosion
The Managing Director of a St Helens gas supply firm has appeared in court after he and an employee suffered multiple burns in an explosion. John Webster was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Exe...
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Do you only cause an explosion if you’re in business?
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No but you only get prosecuted by the HSE if you are.Do you only cause an explosion if you’re in business?
