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SAFETY INFORMATION FOR USERS OF LP-GAS
Propane (LP-Gas) is a īammable gas which can cause īæres
and explosions. In its natural state, propane is odorless and
colorless. You may not know all the following safety precautions
which can protect both you and your family from an accident.
Read them carefully now, then review them point by point with
the members of your household. Someday when there may not
be a minute to lose, everyoneās safety will depend on knowing
exactly what to do. If, after reading the following information,
you feel you still need more information, please contact your
gas supplier.
LP-GAS WARNING ODOR
If a gas leak happens, you should be able to smell the gas
because of the odorant put in the LP-Gas.
That's your signal to go into immediate action!
ā¢ī Doīnotīoperateīelectricīswitches,īlightīmatches,īuseīyourīphone.ī
Doīnotīdoīanythingīthatīcouldīigniteītheīgas.
ā¢īī Getīeveryoneīoutīofītheībuilding,īvehicle,ītrailer,īorīarea.īDoī
thatīIMMEDIATELY.
ā¢īī Closeīallīgasītankīorīcylinderīsupplyīvalves.
ā¢īī LP-Gasīisīheavierīthanīairīandīmayīsettleīinīlowīareasīsuchīasī
basements.īWhenīyouīhaveīreasonītoīsuspectīaīgasīleak,īkeepī
outīofībasementsīandīotherīlowīareas.īStayīoutīuntilīīæreīæghtersī
declare them to be safe.
ā¢īī UseīyourīneighborāsīphoneīandīcallīaītrainedīLP-Gasīserviceī
personī andī theī īæreī department.ī Evenī thoughī youī mayī notī
continueītoīsmellīgas,īdoīnotīturnīonītheīgasīagain.īDoīnotī
re-enterītheībuilding,īvehicle,ītrailer,īorīarea.
ā¢īī Finally, letītheīserviceīmanīandīīæreīæghtersīcheckīforīescapedī
gas.īHaveīthemīairīoutītheīareaībeforeīyouīreturn.īProperlyī
trainedī LP-Gasī serviceī peopleī shouldī repairī theī leak,ī thenī
checkīandīrelightītheīgasīīæreplaceīforīyou.
NO ODOR DETECTED - ODOR FADE
Some people cannot smell well. Some people cannot smell
the odor of the chemical put into the gas. You must īænd out if
you can smell the odorant in propane.īSmokingīcanīdecreaseī
yourīabilityītoīsmell.īBeingīaroundīanīodorīforīaītimeīcanīaffectīyourī
sensitivity or ability to detect that odor. Sometimes other odors in
theīareaīmaskītheīgasīodor.īPeopleīmayīnotīsmellītheīgasīodorīorī
theirīmindsīareīonīsomethingīelse.īThinkingīaboutīsmellingīaīgasī
odorīcanīmakeīitīeasierītoīsmell.
The odorant in LP-gas is colorless, and it can fade under some
circumstances. Forīexample,īifīthereīisīanīundergroundīleak,ītheī
movementīofītheīgasīthroughīsoilīcanīīælterītheīodorant.īOdorantsīinī
LP-Gasīalsoīareīsubjectītoīoxidation.īThisīfadingīcanīoccurīifīthereī
isīrustīinsideītheīstorageītankīorīinīironīgasīpipes.
The odorant in escaped gas can adsorb or absorb onto or into
walls,īmasonryīandīotherīmaterialsīandīfabricsīinīaīroom.īThatīwillī
takeīsomeīofītheīodorantīoutīofītheīgas,īreducingīitsīodorīintensity.
LP-Gasīmayīstratifyīinīaīclosedīarea,īandītheīodorīintensityīcouldī
vary at different levels. Since it is heavier than air, there may be
moreīodorīatīlowerīlevels.īAlwaysībeīsensitiveītoītheīslightestīgasī
odor.īIfīyouīdetectīanyīodor,ītreatīitīasīaīseriousīleak.īImmediatelyī
go into action as instructed earlier.
SOME POINTS TO REMEMBER
ā¢ī Learnī toī recognizeī theī odorī ofī LP-gas.ī Yourī localī LP-Gasī
DealerīcanīgiveīyouīaīāScratchīandīSniffāīpamphlet.īUseīitītoī
īændīoutīwhatītheīpropaneīodorīsmellsīlike.īIfīyouīsuspectīthatī
yourīLP-Gasīhasīaīweakīorīabnormalīodor,īcallīyourīLP-Gasī
Dealer.
ā¢ī Ifīyouīareīnotīqualiīæed,īdoīnotīlightīpilotīlights,īperformīservice,ī
orīmakeīadjustmentsītoīīæreplacesīonītheīLP-Gasīsystem.īIfī
youīareīqualiīæed,īconsciouslyīthinkīaboutītheīodorīofīLP-Gasī
priorītoīandīwhileīlightingīpilotīlightsīorīperformingīserviceīorī
makingīadjustments.
ā¢ī Odorīfade,īdueītoīoxidationībyīrustīorīadsorptionīonīwallsīofī
newīcylindersīandītanks,īisīpossible.īTherefore,īpeopleīshouldī
beīparticularlyīalertīandīcarefulīwhenīnewītanksīorīcylindersī
areīplacedīinīservice.īOdorīfadeīcanīoccurīinīnewītanks,īorī
reinstalledīoldītanks,īifītheyīareīīælledīandīallowedītoīsetītooī
longībeforeīreīælling.īCylindersīandītanksīwhichīhaveībeenīoutī
ofīserviceīforīaītimeīmayīdevelopīinternalīrustīwhichīwillīcauseī
odorīfade.īIfīsuchīconditionsīareīsuspectedītoīexist,īaīperiodicī
sniff test of the gas is advisable. If you have any question
about the gas odor, call your LP-gas dealer. A periodic
sniff test of the LP-gas is a good safety measure under
any condition.
ā¢ī If,īatīanyītime,īyouīdoīnotīsmellītheīLP-Gasīodorantīandīyouī
thinkīyouīshould,īassumeīyouīhaveīaīleak.īThenītakeītheīsameī
immediateīactionīrecommendedīaboveīforītheīoccasionīwhenī
youīdoīdetectītheīodorizedīLP-Gas.
ā¢ī Ifīyouīexperienceīaīcompleteīāgasīout,āī(theīcontainerīisīunderī
noīvaporīpressure),īturnītheītankīvalveīoffīimmediately.īIfītheī
containerīvalveīisīleftīon,ītheīcontainerīmayīdrawīinīsomeīairī
throughīopeningsīsuchīasīpilotīlightīoriīæces.īIfīthisīoccurs,īsomeī
newīinternalīrustingīcouldīoccur.īIfītheīvalveīisīleftīopen,īthenī
treatītheīcontainerīasīaīnewītank.īAlwaysībeīsureīyourīcon-
tainer is under vapor pressure by turning it off at the container
beforeīitīgoesīcompletelyīemptyīorīhavingīitīreīælledībeforeīitīisī
completely empty.