Is it just me or this is a terrible idea?

[boatman12]

I would think it's a bad idea but not everyone is concerned with safety or is able to think this stuff through.

[Don C L]

Originally Posted by boatman12

I would think it's a bad idea but not everyone is concerned with safety or is able to think this stuff through.

Welcome aboard boatman12!

[zeehag]

Originally Posted by Woodland Hills

What with RVs and boats and BBQs over more than 40 years, I've never had a propane tank leak and I am sure I've had hundreds. Has anyone else ever had one leak? Not heard about it happening to someone else, but had their own tank or their exchange tank leak?

since 1990 when i first moved aboard i have saved my life many times merely by checking with bubble stuff when i change tanks.
anyone saying NEVER or ALWAYS loses argument as those extremes donot exist.

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by zeehag

since 1990 when i first moved aboard i have saved my life many times merely by checking with bubble stuff when i change tanks.
anyone saying NEVER or ALWAYS loses argument as those extremes donot exist.

Zee checking for leaks when changing tanks is just proper procedure.
It is one of the more important little things you can do to be safe.

[zeehag]

unfortunately not all users of propane have all their marbles at tank change time.

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by zeehag

unfortunately not all users of propane have all their marbles at tank change time.

I've been a few short for so long I don't remember where I lost them ( probably a little at a time over a few decades.

[thinwater]

Originally Posted by newhaul

the windlass is not in the chain locker it is in its own compartment just aft of the locker. (See the first post and picture)

Are you really sure of that? I've seen these were the windlass mounting is just an arch. How else are you going to clean the chain locker, secure the end, and knock over the pile? Additionally, now the propane has another compartment to fill (the hause pipe is hardly gas-tight.

No, I think the compartment we are looking at is the chain locker and you simply arn't seeing the chain.

[thinwater]

Originally Posted by Woodland Hills

What with RVs and boats and BBQs over more than 40 years, I've never had a propane tank leak and I am sure I've had hundreds. Has anyone else ever had one leak? Not heard about it happening to someone else, but had their own tank or their exchange tank leak?

Regulator leaks are reasonable common. You've been lucky.

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by thinwater

Regulator leaks are reasonable common. You've been lucky.

interesting I have never found a properly installed regulator leaking.
( I worked for an hvac company that did a lot of restaurant equipment to)

[double u]

imho hard to find a nuttier place for a propane bottle...

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by double u

imho hard to find a nuttier place for a propane bottle...

Ooohhh, how about in the forward hanging locker??

Jim

[double u]

okok! I'm given to exaggerations...

[zeehag]

Originally Posted by newhaul

I've been a few short for so long I don't remember where I lost them ( probably a little at a time over a few decades.

and for this reason alone i purchase bags of marbles when they present themselves just in case some of my lost ones have been found and recycled.....bags of marbles and bubble stuff.....

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by zeehag

and for this reason alone i purchase bags of marbles when they present themselves just in case some of my lost ones have been found and recycled.....bags of marbles and bubble stuff.....

[JPA Cate]

I must say that for all the concern here, sestina's post is the first one that mentioned an actual (rather than imaginary) problem with this type of installation.

Also, odd that we haven't heard about all the Najad's and other Scandinavian boats having trouble if the the installation type is a problem.

Just sayin'.

Ann