Cheap Way To Refill Small Propane Cylinders

Cheap Way To Refill Small Propane Cylinders FARM HOME Food 26-1-41 You can safely refill small propane cylinders - which most people just throw away when they're empty - with this new refill device for propane tanks. The "MacCoupler" allows you to refill 14.1 and 16.4-oz. propane cylinders typically used to fuel lanterns, torches, heaters, stoves, etc., from 20, 30, and 40-lb. tanks. You use a wrench to screw one end of the coupler onto the valve on the tank. Then you hand tighten the other end of the coupler onto the cylinder you're refilling. The cylinder has to be put in a freezer for about one hour before it's refilled. Then turn the entire unit upside down and set it on the neck guard of the tank. Once you open the tank's valve you'll hear propane come out. After about 30 seconds, you'll hear it stop. You can't overfill the cylinder since the pressure simply equalizes. After the sound stops, turn off the valve and remove the cylinder, which will now be 85 to 90 percent full. "It works with either long, thin cylinders used for torches or short, fat Coleman-type ones used for lanterns, stoves, and heaters," says the company. Sells for $14.95 plus S&H. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Preparation Enterprises, 1336 Moorpark Road, Suite 241, Thousand Oaks, Calif. 91360 (ph 888 493-4517; fax 888 457-4177; E-mail: prep@prepenterprises.com; Website: www.prepenterprises.com).

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