Nehalennia
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- Aug 22, 2007
- 10,006
- Boat Info
- 2001 310DA twin 350 MAGs, Westerbeke 4.5KW
- Engines
- Twin 350 MAG V-drives
I keep two tanks in a section of 4" PVC pipe. A 1" section of 3" pipe sits between the two bottles and keeps them from banging into each other. At the bottom is a 4" to 3" reducer (leaving the bottom open to vent) and at the top is a cap (not glued). I ran a rope through the cap and down to a hole drilled in the reducer. This lets me hang the whole thing in the transom locker, with the bottom pointed towards the hole that the power cord runs out. If anything leaks, most if not all the gas should vent with no problem.
I do think I'm going to look for the brass caps Mike mentioned, seems like a good addition.
-CJ
I like this idea along with Mike's as well. I rarely carry them any more. Either way I store propane in the transom locker. I figure it's vented with the drain hole in the base of the transom locker. I now use a 1 gal(4.24 lb) propane tank. I trust that valve more than the disposable bottles.
It fits nicely in the corner of the transom locker. I haven't painted it with plastidip yet but I plan to do either that or run it by a sprayed truck bed liner place and have them spray half way up it.
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