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From: Doug Barnard (no email)
Date: Wed Sep 19 2001 - 11:49:21 EDT
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:]On Behalf Of Rick the
> Mouseherder
> If you want to build a wooden locker that would sit on deck or on
> the coach
> roof, you could mount the tanks in it. What you have to do is look at how
> the tanks would drain, and I don't mean water. Propane, being
> heavier than
> air, will flow down like water, but it also blows. So look at
> how the fumes
> would flow away from the tank if there were a failure--moving forward,
> anchored with a bit yawing port and starboard, and in a no wind situation.
As I'm designing my boat, I'm thinking about putting the propane locker so
that it's actually underneath the galley counter top, with a locker door
opening to the outside. A vent area would be on top of the door, and a lower
welded pipe would vent the bottom of the locker over the side. An airtight
plug would be in the galley counter that could be temporarily removed to
turn on the tank. The locker box would be sealed around all pipes and
fittings.
Convenient and safe, no?
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Doug Barnard
rebuilding a 20' Skipjack
"Fiesta Bimbo"
trawler-crawler wannabe
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