How do I use my Easy Fill Propane Refill Tool?

STEP 1: Safety First

There are some safety precautions that you have to take when refilling your disposable propane cylinders and you will need to handle it properly and observe all the best-practice safety protocols.

#1 Always do the refill process outside.

#2 Never smoke during the entire process.

#3 Be sure there is no open flame in the area.

#4 Wear safety glasses and protection gloves for added safety.

Step 2: What You Will Need

You will need a propane tank, an empty disposable cylinder, a kitchen scale and a notepad to keep track of the weight of your cylinders. For added safety, I also recommend safety glasses and gloves.

Step 3: Collect Empty Disposable Cylinders

Collect Empty Disposable Cylinders

Look for bottles that have not dents or rust and the ones that are not too old (the production date is stamped on the bottles)

There are 2 types of disposables tootles :

Type #1 With plastic Base (Coleman Type)

Type #2 With metal Base

I have a preference for type #2 because the metal base won't go off the bottle like the plastic cap but both type work. They have different empty weight and we gone a check this in step #6

Step 4: Chill Empty Cylinder

Chill Empty Cylinder

Chill Empty Cylinder for 1 hour for best result. This operation lower the pressure in the cylinder. To refill the cylinder, you have to create a pressure differential between the giver and receiver tank.

Step 5: Warm 20 Pounds Cylinder

Put your cylinder in warm water (not hot) for about 1/2 hour. This operation increase the pressure in the giver tank. If your bottle is under the sun a warm and sunny day, just skip this step, you don't need to do that.

Step 6: Weight Empty Cylinders

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Weight the empty cylinders. I will give you my result after I weighted about 24 tanks :

Type #1 With plastic Base (Coleman Type)
Average empty weight : 384g
This mean a 100% full tank will weight 849g (384g tare weight + 465g of propane)

Type #2 With metal Base
Average empty weight : 417g
This mean a 100% full tank will weight 882g (417g tare weight + 465g of propane)

Step 7: Do the Refill Process

To do the refill process, do those steps :

#1 Plug the refill adapter on the big tank FIRST

#2 Screw the little thank on the adapter.

#3 Flip the tank over like on the picture.

#4 Open the valve. The instruction say to let in open for 1 minute but you will hear the flow of propane stop after 30-40 seconds. When the sound of the flow stop, close the valve.

#5 Flip over again the big tank and remove the little one of the adapter. Some propane will escape from the adapter during this process.

Repeat the operation until you have filled all of your tanks.

Step 8: Weight Refilled Cylinder

Weight the cylinder to check the results:

On the first image you see a coleman type tank filled at 89% (797g total weight)
797g (total weight) - 384g (empty) = 413g Propane Weight
413g / 465g = .888 or 89% full = 0.9lbs

On the second image you see metal base type tank filled at 87% (822g total weight)
822g (total weight) - 417g (empty) = 405g Propane Weight
405g / 465g = .870 or 87% full = 0.8lbs

I never refilled a cylinder more than 100% but if you do it, I suggest to put it on a gaz burning appliance so the extra gas will escape to the safe weight.

Step 9: Check for Leaks and Store Refilled Cylinders

Image result for propane bottle cap with cylinder

Once you've refilled a cylinder, store your refilled cylinders outside just for precautions, in case of a leak. I also put a protective propane bottle cap like on the picture to protect the threads of the bottle. It happens 1 time out of 15 I would say, that's why we recommend buying those propane bottle caps. It always comes down to what you wanna do with your tank if you wanna use it right away it's fine.

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