Propane

We have been enjoying using our propane fire pit while here at National Indoor RV:

Other customers who are also staying in the "campground" join us around the fire, at a careful 6' social distance, of course!

We realized that the propane tank was getting low, and took it with us a couple of days ago to get it refilled. The Ace Hardware that we went to had just had their nozzle break and so they could not fill it. After leaving there, Carl remembered that the last time he had had it filled (we think at the same Ace Hardware!), the person doing the filling hesitated because it was close to needing certification. Carl checked the date on the tank, and, sure enough, it was 02/2008 -- and they need to be recertified after 12 years - so it needed recertification. After last night's fire in the fire pit, the tank was definitely almost out, so getting it replaced was on our to-do list for today.

Instead of just getting it filled, we were going to need to exchange it. But, we wanted to get a tank that we would be able to continue getting re-filled where we wanted to do it, not to be required to exchange the tank each time at a specific supplier (as Blue Rhino seems to require). We stopped at Lowe's and saw that they had Blue Rhino, so we drove across the street to Home Depot.

We saw a cage with tanks -- 

Are those propane tanks?

Uh... no... we don't need welding gas.

There's the propane -- now how to do the exchange?

Carl went in to the store and we just needed to leave our old tank outside, go in and pay for the new tank, and a store employee would come out to open the cage for us to get a new tank.

From what we've read online, we can refill the AmeriGas container wherever propane is sold.

Our new tank has a date of 09/2020, so we should be good until 2032!!!