marvin4239
New member
Being fearful of the many problems reported and my own personal experience with small propane bottle storage I recently came up with and idea that I think is pretty good. I purchase a 10' piece of 4" thin wall perforated drain pipe plus screw in end caps. The portable bottles fit perfectly inside this and the pipe has two rows of holes along it's length. I cut the pipe long enough to accomidate three bottles cleaned it good with acetone and painted it with white plastic paint by Rustoleum. I put the end caps on and mounted it beneath my cooler rack with the holes on the bottom. It's up and out of the way and I'm in hopes if a leak occurs the gas will be vented out the holes in the pipe. After a recent mishap with a leaky bottle I was relating the story to the dock master at Hooton Island Marina. He told me of a cruiser that bought a case of the bottles stored them in his cockpit against the transom in and unventilated cabinet. He said the bottles blew up and blew the transom of the boat out sinking it at the dock. If I know I'm going to be away from the boat for a few weeks or more I plan to remove the bottles and store them ashore. These bottles rust in no time around here.