Member - Ross replied:

Mike

Not sure of your State, but in Qld any person who fills an out of date cylinder can be up for a substantial fine and his employer mega bucks. They're red hot on it up here and the story goes that Gov people try to catch the yobbos by presenting out of date cylinders to be filled.

It's an absolute NO NO here.

CheersFidei defensor

Rosco

roscoe replied:

Here in Sydney the rules are the same re a ten year old cylinder. As a result, I have started to use a thing called "swap-n-go" whereby I give them my empty, less-than-ten-Y.O. gas bottle and they give me another one full. The whole process is easier and quicker than standing in queue to get the guy to fill up the bottle. Thats my thoughts, anyway.

Roscoe

Brian replied:

Anyone see the poor bugger caught on video in Ipswich when his car burst into flame??? more than one bbq cylinder and a leaky valve and electric windows added up to him being badly burnt for xmas........

I carry oxy/acetylene and mappgas in my sevice vehicle, I always ensure the valves are tight, always check the date stamp of the cylinders when I buy them and always check that I can't smell gas in the truck when I get in..... all good common sense that hopefully means I'll live longer!!

Bugger the legalities, there is no second prize with gas!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just my opinion
Cheers
Brian

chrisfrd replied:

Yeah, NOT fun..

I remember a few months back getting a bottle filled at our local BP station in Chisholm ACT.

I didn't know it at the time, but the cylinder had "just" gone out of date. The 17 yo attendant stopped in his tracks and refused to fill it stating the bottle be out of date. Buggar....

He then suggested Swap-n-go, he'd take this bottle and swap it over with a full one. The Swap-n-go people have their own authorised inspectors, that check bottles for compliance as they come in to the program, when they get painted white and inspected internally. Apparently some of them don't get stamped, as they are more closely inspected than others. In addition to the inspection, I've heared that they get new valve assemblies too.

In riding rough-shot over the gas-laws, they need to be very careful, as they could find that their CEO ends up in Jail due to a wrongful death charge.

Take note that in America, they don't have 10 yearly inspections, they have 5 year inspections. In the US, you can't even fill your car with auto-gas! We've been doing it here for years!