/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1610846
Refilling your own propane bottles is really easy to do, and it's crazy cost effective considering they're about $3 per bottle for the green ones. I use the green 1 pound bottles and refill them from a 20 pound tank with a food scale and an adapter I bought off Amazon. They weigh .13 lbs empty, so full they weigh 1.13 lbs. I connect the adapter to a 20 pound propane tank, flip it upside down, and then hook up a green 1 pound bottle to it. Open the nozzle on the 20lb propane tank and let the liquid flow in. Don't worry it takes a few minutes to get it pretty full. As it fills up it also pressurizes the 1 pound bottle which pretty much stops the flow. I take it off after a minute or so and stick a screw driver in the one pound bottle opening to bleed some of the pressure out, then I hook it back up and keep filling. Take it off every now and then to measure the weight, and when I read 1.13 lbs on the food scale I'm done. A 20 lbs tank is about $15 to $20 depending on where you get it. I usually pay about $16 at HEB for a 20lb tank refill, so I'm able to fill a one pound bottle for about $0.80 and plus I'm not throwing away empty bottles and causing more trash. It's really easy man, I highly recommend filling your own. Here's the link for the adapter -

https://www.amazon.com/DozyAnt-Universal-Propane-Throwaway-Disposable/dp/B019CND6J2/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=propane+cylinder+refill&qid=1558317692&s=gateway&sr=8-2