So here is the story:
I have been watching my 10lber pressure fall for the past couple of days. So this morning I pull the regulator and turn the tank upside and vent off the last 100 psi that was left in the tank. All gas no liquid of course at 100psi. So I head to the store to get a refill. They say drop it off and pick it up on your way home from work. On the way home I drop by and pickup my tank as usual. Get home hook up the regulator and open it up. Gauge goes straight to 2100psi. I thump the gauge a few times and say WTF. Close the tank, release the regulator and take it off. I take the tank to my scale and weigh it. Hmmmm, looks to be about .5lb over full. I think well I will pull some gas and the tank will settle after it sits. I crack the valve and blow off a little gas. Set the tank were it goes and wait a little awile. Thought it should be good so I go hook the regulator up, crack open the tank and the gauge goes to 2100psi. I think well must be something wrong with the gauge. So hook up my stuff and start pulling some gas. Well, this must have got the liquid churning because I look at the gauge after about 1/2 hour and it reads 2700psi:icon_eek: WTF. So I go to get my wrench to pull the regulator again. Get a phone call so I am sitting on the couch when the pressure relief valve blows. :icon_eek: :icon_eek: It is really loud when you are 3 feet away from it. Monday I will go to the store and tell them they owe me a pressure relief valve, a refill, and new pair of underware.
BTW I think the tanks are rated at 1800psi with 20%-25% safety margin, and I thought pressure relief valves were supposed to blow at less than 1500psi.
I have been watching my 10lber pressure fall for the past couple of days. So this morning I pull the regulator and turn the tank upside and vent off the last 100 psi that was left in the tank. All gas no liquid of course at 100psi. So I head to the store to get a refill. They say drop it off and pick it up on your way home from work. On the way home I drop by and pickup my tank as usual. Get home hook up the regulator and open it up. Gauge goes straight to 2100psi. I thump the gauge a few times and say WTF. Close the tank, release the regulator and take it off. I take the tank to my scale and weigh it. Hmmmm, looks to be about .5lb over full. I think well I will pull some gas and the tank will settle after it sits. I crack the valve and blow off a little gas. Set the tank were it goes and wait a little awile. Thought it should be good so I go hook the regulator up, crack open the tank and the gauge goes to 2100psi. I think well must be something wrong with the gauge. So hook up my stuff and start pulling some gas. Well, this must have got the liquid churning because I look at the gauge after about 1/2 hour and it reads 2700psi:icon_eek: WTF. So I go to get my wrench to pull the regulator again. Get a phone call so I am sitting on the couch when the pressure relief valve blows. :icon_eek: :icon_eek: It is really loud when you are 3 feet away from it. Monday I will go to the store and tell them they owe me a pressure relief valve, a refill, and new pair of underware.
BTW I think the tanks are rated at 1800psi with 20%-25% safety margin, and I thought pressure relief valves were supposed to blow at less than 1500psi.
