Old Style Propane Tank Valve

This is a statement propane cylinder users sometimes make following the exchange or re filling of their bottle.

Old style propane tank valve.

Now both types of fittings are featured on dot cylinders. 100 solid brass and high quality construction. 4 out of 5 stars 10 10 product ratings propane tank adapter pol old style valves to type 1 hose lp regulator valves. One end of this adapter connected to the gas tank is pol threads.

Before the introduction of type 1 fittings pol fittings were the standard fitting for all propane tanks. Older propane cylinders won t have one but that needn t mean replacing the entire tank at high cost. When the level of liquid propane reaches the limit the float rises and the valve closes. The bottle feels heavier and obviously is filled with propane but opening the valve produces no escaping gas.

Propane tank adapter pol old style valves to type 1 hose lp regulator valves. Hand wheel for easy grip to install no tools required. Tank valves to fit qcc1 type 1 hoses and regulators. This is an important safety measure.

Us qcc1 regulator valve propane refill adapter lp gas 1 lb cylinder tank coupler. A pol fitting is commonly found on the asme tank used on motorized rvs to connect the propane tank valve to the rv regulator. Adapts old style p o l. It can use for converting your old style tank to the new style tank and then connect to what you need qcc1 type1 new style hoses and regulators.

The valve is open but no gas comes out. It is possible to convert a tank to the new valve but you will need to have the tank re certified before it can be refilled. What are your thoughts on the pol acme tank connectors. All propane gas cylinders under 40 lbs require an opd or an overfill protection device.

It can use on most lp tank universal for old style and new style propane tank. With out the overfill protection they will not or should not fill it. The real difference is that the new tank valves have both a tipover protector and an overfill protector. Since april 2002 propane tanks without opd valves cannot be refilled.

Here are some of our propane tank connectors along with some quick propane 101 tips. This prevents more propane from being added to the tank. Replacing a tank valve with an opd valve can be done at home.