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SAFETY INFORMATION FOR USERS OF LP-GAS
phone. Do not do anything that could ignite the gas.
that IMMEDIATELY.
as basements. When you have reason to suspect a gas leak,
keep out of basements and other low areas. Stay out until
ability to smell. Being around an odor for a time can affect your
sensitivity or ability to detect that odor. Sometimes other odors in
the area mask the gas odor. People may not smell the gas odor
or their minds are on something else. Thinking about smelling a
gas odor can make it easier to smell.
For example, if there is an underground leak, the
in LP-Gas also are subject to oxidation. This fading can occur if
there is rust inside the storage tank or in iron gas pipes.
Learn to recognize the odor of LP-gas. Your local LP-Gas
Dealer can give you a "Scratch and Sniff" pamphlet. Use it to
your LP-Gas has a weak or abnormal odor, call your LP-Gas
Dealer.
or make adjustments to appliances on the LP-Gas system. If
prior to and while lighting pilot lights or performing service or
making adjustments.
smell that can cover up the LP-Gas odor. Do not try to light
pilot lights, perform service, or make adjustments in an area
where the conditions are such that you may not detect the
odor if there has been a leak of LP-Gas.
new cylinders and tanks, is possible. Therefore, people should
be particularly alert and careful when new tanks or cylinders
are placed in service. Odor fade can occur in new tanks, or
out of service for a time may develop internal rust which will
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LP-GAS WARNING ODOR
NO ODOR DETECTED - ODOR FADE
Smoking can decrease your
SOME POINTS TO REMEMBER
contact your gas supplier.
continue to smell gas, do not turn on the gas again. Do not
re-enter the building, vehicle, trailer, or area.
gas. Have them air out the area before you return. Properly
trained LP-Gas service people should repair the leak, then
check and relight the gas appliance for you.
The odorant in escaped gas can adsorb or absorb onto or into walls,
masonry and other materials and fabrics in a room. That will take
some of the odorant out of the gas, reducing its odor intensity.
LP-Gas may stratify in a closed area, and the odor intensity could
vary at different levels. Since it is heavier than air, there may be
more odor at lower levels. Always be sensitive to the slightest gas
odor. If you detect any odor, treat it as a serious leak. Immediately
go into action as instructed earlier.
cause odor fade. If such conditions are suspected to exist,
a periodic sniff test of the gas is advisable. If you have any
periodic sniff test of the LP
under any condition.
think you should, assume you have a leak. Then take the same
immediate action recommended above for the occasion when
you do detect the odorized LP-Gas.
der no vapor pressure), turn the tank valve off immediately.
If the container valve is left on, the container may draw in
occurs, some new internal rusting could occur. If the valve is
left open, then treat the container as a new tank. Always be
sure your container is under vapor pressure by turning it off
at the container before it goes completely empty or having it
LP-gas dealer. A
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