Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Propane tanks

["Michael B. Holt" <mholt@richmond.edu>]

HeyCLOWNeY@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I spoke to a company about  ethyl mercaptan and they told me if i use bleach
> inside the tank it will convert the mercaptan to a much less odiferous
> compound,,then they advise steam cleaning the mercaptain out of the surface
> of the metal,,they did say that if the tank is still compleate to make sure
> it has a good opening,,they claim they have collapsed a tank ,a large tank
> when the steam cooled and created a vacum..also i have a freind,,a marine
> biologist at the brookhaven lab and he tells me mercaptain is a carcinagyn
> and is harm full even at 5 parts per million

Thanks.  This is a lot of information in one place.  

All of this suggests that maybe a propane tank is NOT
a good start.  Even my idea of making a hull out of
fiberglass seems safer.




Mike