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Ben Herman 
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Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Location: Gr Junction, CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 355 |
 Topic: Note of caution - propane tanks stolen!Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 4:54pm |
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Here's the solution that I came up with. Simple to do, and I already had a high-quality carbide shank lock that fits. Won't stop a professional thief but anyone stealing $35 propane tanks is in the low-budget arena.
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TheBum
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Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 28 Feb 2019 at 10:33am |
Chains aren't really any better. A good set of bolt cutters will make short work of them. |
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod" 2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4 Three cats |
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Tars Tarkas
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Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 7:32pm |
Not disagreeing at all, well, it may depend on the chain, and the cable, but chains can be pretty easy to cut too. Anyway, I remember in the 70's a lot of people thought that cables were the ultimate in security. TT
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mcarter
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Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 5:55pm |
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Cable locks only make you feel secure, thieves love them, that is the fastest and easiest lock to disable. Takes minimal effort to cut a cable.
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Mike Carter
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 3:09pm |
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Good, the vents are both required by code and sensible.
FWIW, here's the specs for RV propane enclosures from NFPA 1192 (the RV fire code):
One of the vents is supposed to be at the extreme bottom of the enclosure and one within 12 inches of the top in the wall, don't ask me why the wall and not the roof. They don't need to be very large, each vent to be at least 1/2 square inch for every 7 lbs of propane. The enclosure must be vapor resistant to the inside of the RV. The door to the enclosure can't have any locks on it. Max number of cylinders is 3 but they can be up to 45 lbs propane each. They must be secured to withstand 8x their full weight. I didn't see any labeling requirements for the enclosures. |
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marwayne
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Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 2:27pm |
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There is a vent in the floor and on the roof
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If you want something done right, do it yourself.
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offgrid
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Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 2:05pm |
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One of the requirements for fire safety (in the States anyway) is for the fire department to be able to get access to the cylinder valves in order to be able to shut them off, so its a fire code violation for RV's to have propane tanks behind a locked door or to have the valves blocked from turning in some way. There are ventilation requirements too. You might never get cited for it but I'm just sayin'....
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marwayne
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Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 11:02am |
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My belief still is if you can't see it ,it's not there.    |
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If you want something done right, do it yourself.
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lostagain
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Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 9:16am |
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Thanks for posting the video. That's a great idea with double tanks. Anything you can do to slow down a thief or make it more difficult for him/her, the better. And that would certainly slow down the thief. A determined thief with a bolt cutter could cut the lock, but it's more likely that s/he would go on to the next trailer before going to all that work. Unfortunately, that works for dual tanks, but for single tanks that method is not possible.
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Ben Herman
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Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Location: Gr Junction, CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 355 |
Posted: 27 Feb 2019 at 7:34am |
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Found this approach - I'm going to do this once I find a new wing nut (they took that too). Looks like a really secure system, no cable or chain to be cut.
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