From: "Edwin Pawlowski" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house alt.home.repair
Subject: Re: Propane grill hose repair question.
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 12:37:28 GMT


"stretch"  wrote in message 
news:1116551178.392028.213340@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Toller, you don't value your life much do you?
>
> Discarded tanks may not pass a hydro test.  Refrigerant recovery tanks
> must get hydrostatically tested every 5 years to be legal.  If those
> discarded tanks won't pass the test they are not safe to use.  You
> might get away with it, but why take the chance?  I am not talking
> about the law either.

He said they were discarded, not past date for testing.

New tanks have OPD valves and some places will no longer fill them. Some 
states have adopted the new regs, some have not.  I still use my old tanks 
and will as long as legal to do so.  IIRC., propane tanks are 10 or 12 
years.