portable butane tank expiration

Actually it is 5 or 10 years, depending.

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On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 17:25:54 -0400, "\"Retired"@home.com posted for all of us to digest...

I believe he was citing *butane* tanks.

Well I guess I can always exchange the tanks at Home Depot or some other place like that.

True, which made me curious. I'm not sure anyone refills butane tanks around here although there are plenty of propane options. Butane has some advantages but I don't think convenience is one of them.

Hey, no problem....as long as your fire insurance is in force with coverage limits high enough to cover rebuilding costs ;-)

Walmart. They will even take a rusty old "Pre OPD" cylinder and swap it for $15. Nobody seems to look at anything except that it looks the right size to fit in the locker.

Most retail employees are suffering from mask-induced hypoxia.

Another idiot.

Consider this, maybe your simple mind can grasp the details, I know it's complicated for you.

The mask holds around a cubic inch of exhaled air. Your lungs push pull about 250 cubic inches of air with each breath.

Gee, simple isn't it?

Probably not for you though.

You do know the normal tidal volume for an adult is 500 ml, don't you? You do know 1 liter is 61.02 cubic inches, don't you? You do know 61 time .5 is 30.5, don't you? Another f****ng fact challenged idiot spouts off.

Around here, I note that swapping for refilled propane tanks at Walmart is even cheaper than getting the old tank refilled.

Have you noticed the ammount of propane in the tanks ?

Around here they only put about 15 pounds in the 20 pound tanks at the change out stations like Blue Rhino.

I think some I bought at Tractor Supply a year ago was around 50 cents a pound..

could still be the cheapest war to get a non-timed out tank though - but be sure to check the date on the new tank to be sure.

Yes, if you have a tank that is expired then take it in for an exchange.

It may cost you $ 5 or $ 10 more for the propane, but the tanks I bought new a year or so ago were just under $ 35 empty. I think it was just under $ 100 for 2 new tanks with 20 pounds of propane in each.

Just bear in mind a Blue Rhino only has 15 pounds of gas in it.

Yes and that is annoying but it is cheaper enough to make up for that.

replying to Dogma, Jen wrote: From where I have read, Butane tanks do have expiry date (not butane) and when I purchased, they did say it lasts for 5 to 10 years post you open it. And at per your usage the expiry depends. If your cartridges are working just fine - it doesn't have any rust or do not seal the valve, then you can use it till whenever that happens.

replying to Dogma, Jen wrote: From where I have read, Butane tanks do have expiry date (not butane) and when I purchased, they did say it lasts for 5 to 10 years post you open it. And at per your usage the expiry depends. If your cartridges are working just fine - it doesn't have any rust or do not seal the valve, then you can use it till whenever that happens.