[TheForge] Refrigerator compressor/motors

[Darrell]

You can recover all of the propane using nothing more than a hose connected
between the two cylinders. All you have to do is put one of the cylinders in
a freezer and leave the other one at room temp.
Darrell

http://www.machinemaster.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Smith" <sos at alum.mit.edu>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Refrigerator compressor/motors


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> Dave Brown wrote:
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> > I also have the opportunity to empty propane cylinders from 20#ers and
> > up.  Would these compressors be suitable for sucking the propane out of
> > one tank and into another?  The person I can get the tanks from is just
> > burning off the gas in them and then removing the valves for the brass
> > to scrap out.
> >
> > Dave Brown
> > Heritage Smithing
> > Green Bay, WI
>
> This sounds like a real bad idea to me.
> 1. The compressor isn't made to be safe with propane, which makes this
> seem like a very high risk.
> 2. What do you know about refilling propane tanks? It seems simple
> enough, but is it really worth the possible danger? Fuel gas explosions
> are pretty serious.
>
> Steve
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