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Thread ID: 117186	2011-04-06 11:06:00	Gas Bottle Checker?	Ninjabear (2948)	PC World Chat

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1192461	2011-04-07 22:15:00	similar to the hot water thing, go look early in the morning at the condensation on the bottle (assuming it's somewhere that gets condensation of course), generally you can see a line where the liquid starts.	dugimodo (138)
1192462	2011-04-07 22:46:00	similar to the hot water thing, go look early in the morning at the condensation on the bottle (assuming it's somewhere that gets condensation of course), generally you can see a line where the liquid starts. The difficulty with all of these rule of thumb methods is that they are so imprecise. You end up getting the company out to replace the bottle when there is still usable gas in the bottle, which you do not get a credit for with these large cylinders. They aren't like the barbecue cylinders you take to the garage for refilling and you pay for what you get. You really want to ensure these big cylinders are completely empty before you get a replacement, given the price of gas these days. Several people (including me) have already recommended to the OP that s/he gets a gas installer to install a regulator yoke that joins the two cylinders. When one is empty, it automatically switches over to the other full cylinder, and puts up a red flag to show that this has happened. You then have the life of the second fill in which to order a replacement for the empty cylinder. This is the only sensible way to go. OnGas (or whoever the gas supplier is) will know what to do - just call them. The fact that Ninjabear has not responded in this thread, and further that he is asking about a friend's setup, makes me wonder whether we are all wasting our time making suggestions.	John H (8)
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