T&T: Propane Tanks On My Nordhavn 35 Trawler

[Bill Allen]

As part of replacing the valve we had it hydro'ed not a big deal. His 
biggest problem was the size of the cylinder as he wanted to keep it. I'm 
not sure about propane cyclinders but your right about scuba cylinders 5 
years. Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ROBERT ZANUSSI" <rzanussi at shaw.ca>
To: <jweakley at visi.net>
Cc: "Trawlers-and-Trawlering" <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: T&T: Propane Tanks On My Nordhavn 35 Trawler


> The overfill valve aside, there is an age limit on propane tanks here in 
> Canada. I am not certain what it is, but I am suspecting 5 years as that 
> is the limit for air cylinders before they have to hydrostatically 
> retested.
>
> Perhaps someone else here knows for sure