Yeah, sounds like you figured it out, but often industrial areas will have commercial propane distributors (i.e. Strickland Propane ;-P ) that will sell you anything from a grill tank to something you put in your back yard and will do on-site filling. In my case, I got 50 lb tanks for one of those "jet engine" heaters that I tried... although it didn't burn very efficiently and I found I ended up getting lightheaded whenever I used it, so I think I probably have 11 of the 11.4 gallons left. ;-P
It *used to* be the case that some gas stations would have propane filling on-site, but as you say - I'm sure due to safety/insurance reasons - most have moved over to exchange services now. But if you look around, you may still find an exception that's closer to home.
Also I suspect (??) you could move the valve and thus meters to a new tank? But don't know for sure how it's set up.
Another interesting point is that the bigger tanks (I forget if it's 40 and up or 50 and up) often will let you get away with cheaper, arguably less-safe but less failure-prone and more easily fillable valves.
Interesting that there's an "expiration date" on tanks. Now I'll have to check. ;-P
Yeah, sounds like you figured it out, but often industrial areas will have commercial propane distributors (i.e. Strickland Propane ;-P ) that will sell you anything from a grill tank to something you put in your back yard and will do on-site filling. In my case, I got 50 lb tanks for one of those "jet engine" heaters that I tried... although it didn't burn very efficiently and I found I ended up getting lightheaded whenever I used it, so I think I probably have 11 of the 11.4 gallons left. ;-P
It *used to* be the case that some gas stations would have propane filling on-site, but as you say - I'm sure due to safety/insurance reasons - most have moved over to exchange services now. But if you look around, you may still find an exception that's closer to home.
Also I suspect (??) you could move the valve and thus meters to a new tank? But don't know for sure how it's set up.
Another interesting point is that the bigger tanks (I forget if it's 40 and up or 50 and up) often will let you get away with cheaper, arguably less-safe but less failure-prone and more easily fillable valves.
Interesting that there's an "expiration date" on tanks. Now I'll have to check. ;-P
But glad you got it sorted!
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