LP Gas tank placement question

[pawp]

I am planning to use a 5# propane tank on the front of my tear. For convenience and efficient space use, I would like to tilt it forward about 5 degrees. It will be solidly mounted but at a slight angle. Anyone know if that is a problem?

[Cliffmeister2000]

Shouldn't be a problem. The little bottles designed to use with propane Coleman's are often tilted 45 - 60 degrees, and they work fine!

[pawp]

Here is the deal slowcowboy. My tear is a modernistic profile. The tongue box front wall will be the same profile as the tear itself. That is to keep better proportions with the tear, the box will follow the profile of the front of the tear. Hence a tilted box. and bottle.

[Larwyn]

Most propane camping items are designed to operate only on the gas which floats above the liquid propane in the bottle. Depending on how full the bottle is, it needs to be sitting relatively level to prevent it from supplying liquid to the appliance which can cause flare ups and other problems.

I would hook up a stove to the fully filled bottle and slowly tilt the bottle until flare up occured(in a location where it is safe to do so). That way I would know just how far the bottle could be tilted without supplying liquid. Then back off that a bit just for safety and all should be well.

[bobhenry]

OR Ask them to fill it to about 80% capacity when getting refilled.

[S. Heisley]

Why not just ask the source? Call the company that makes the tank. Then, you'll know for certain if you will be okay with that.

[Cliffmeister2000]

5 degrees isn't much of a tilt.

[S. Heisley]

You're right, Cliffmeister. 5 degrees really isn't much of a tilt.

However, this summer I purchased a new Coleman stove that uses those little 1 pound tanks. When I read the instructions where it said that, unless it was in exactly the right position, it wouldn't work, I didn't believe it. With my old stove, I could have the canister in any position and it would work fine. But, it really is true. The stove doesn't get the gas unless the tank is in just the right position (even as little as 1/8" off). ...Don't know what that is about. Perhaps the propane or stove companies have added some sort of safety mechanism that prevents the gas from being used unless it is in a certain position? That's why I suggested calling the company. If a new safety regulation/mandate is being put into place, the forum members might not know about it yet.

[Dale M.]

New tanks (5 gallon) with OPD valve will only take 4.8 gallons by specification so there is "head space" between liquid and valve, don't see 5 degrees as a problem.....You can get more angle than that just sitting it on the ground in some "camps" ....

Dale

[oicu812]

[quote="S. Heisley"]You're right, Cliffmeister. 5 degrees really isn't much of a tilt.

" When I read the instructions "
Sharon, What are these "instructions" that you speak?

[S. Heisley]

oicu812 wrote:

Sharon, What are these "instructions" that you speak?

Most, if not all, new equipment comes with an instruction manual, telling what you should and should not do. My new Coleman stove came with such a manual, which I 'poo-poo'd' until I tried it and found out that I did, indeed have to follow the instructions. In that manual, it gave explicit instructions as to the angle that the little propane 1 pounder had to sit at. Unless it is at that exact angle, no gas is sent to the stove.

PS. I like your forum name, oicu812! (Oh, I see you; ate one too!)

[oicu812]

Seems like I read the instructions as a last resort, but I'm getting better at reading before I start as I age.
I think Dale's right,some camp sites are more than 5 degrees. You shouldn't have a problem.
Tony

[48Rob]

Larwyn wrote;
I would hook up a stove to the fully filled bottle and slowly tilt the bottle until flare up occured(in a location where it is safe to do so). That way I would know just how far the bottle could be tilted without supplying liquid. Then back off that a bit just for safety and all should be well.

I like these kind of responses to posts.
Good common sense, problem solving answers.


Reading instructions and manuals will give a general idea, and is good practice, but if you have a need for a more precise answer...

Rob