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sliderule
06-18-2006, 16:19
Has anyone devised a way to refill the 4 and 8 oz. stove canisters?
I fully understand that doing so could be hazardous without the proper equipment. But it would seem like a reasonable undertaking if adequate pressure monitoring/regulating equipment was used. I hate to have to throw away the used canisters. Also hate the price of new ones.
I would like to know the answer to that question as well – or at least a way to recycle the metal MSR cannisters I have.
fiddlehead
06-23-2006, 21:32
My friend back home in PA has an adaptor that he claims works. He says it cost about $.25 to fill the medium size propand cannister that is used for his pocket rocket. He showed me the adaptor he uses. I don't remember where he got it
Amigi'sLastStand
06-25-2006, 23:59
Not a good idea.
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:O0X26goQwqMJ:www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1981/fulltext/132c02.pdf+butane+%22storage+pressure%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=8
Unless you could find the 70/30 or 80/20 mix ratio used in the standard canister. Butane's storage pressure is 25 lbs/sq in, and propanes is 100. The canisters were never designed to hold only propane. Wallyworld clearances the winter mix every spring and visa versa every fall. I just stock up at $2 a canister every year.