How to find LPG cylinder's expiry date

[Chetan Parekh]

Very important information.

Most of us do not know this.

Do you know that there is an expiry date (physical life) for LPG cylinders?
Expired Cylinders are not safe for use and may cause accidents. In this regard please be cautious at the time of accepting any LPG cylinder from the vendor.

Here is how we can check the expiry of LPG cylinders:
On one of three side stems of the cylinder, the expiry date is coded alpha numerically as follows A or B or C or D and some two digit number following this e.g. D06.

The alphabets stand for quarters -
A for March (First Qtr),
B for June (Second Qtr),
C for Sept (Third Qtr), &
D for December (FourthQtr).

The digits stand for the year till it is valid. Hence D06 would mean December qtr of 2006. Share this message with everyone you know, UR kind co-operation

[Arjunkumar Shastry]

Thanks for information.

[Dan Maples]

What the heck is a LPG cylinder?

[kayal cox]

Cylinder that contains Liquid Petroleum Gas.
Got Google?

[Pradeep bhatt]

Getting LPG cylinder is difficult these days.

[Arjunkumar Shastry]

Originally posted by Pradip Bhat:
Getting LPG cylinder is difficult these days.

You get it in not less than 3/4 days.I got it here in just 2 days by Indane.Same is the case with HP/BP.

[Gokul Glad]

Originally posted by Chetan Parekh:
[QB]Very important information.

Most of us do not know this.

Do you know that there is an expiry date (physical life) for LPG cylinders?

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What is meant by a physical life of LPG cylinder here? Is there any other life to LPG cylinder? Are you talking about the expiry date of gas inside the cylinder or the cylinder itself? Is there any limit to the number of times a cylinder can be used for this purpose and what is the period upto which we can keep the cylinder stored with us without using it.

Does the LPG cylinder that we use for cooking is same as that we use as the fuel for vehicles and are these expiry dates applicable there too?

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thanks.

[Chetan Parekh]

Well I don’t know all the details you asked.

The expiry date means they recommend you to utilize LPG cylinder before the expiry date.

It is apply to LPG cylinder as a whole.

[Pradeep bhatt]

Does the LPG cylinder that we use for cooking is same as that we use as the fuel for vehicles

It is illegal to use LPG cylinder for cooking as fuel for vehicles.

[Arjunkumar Shastry]

There are many taxis/rickshaws running on CNG(Compressed Natural Gas).We can see similar LPG cylinder in them.But is that LPG ?
LPG used for household is in liquid state.It is compressed to upto 270 times.Means 1 cc multiplies to 270 cc while coming out in gaseous state.

[Pradeep bhatt]

Originally posted by Arjunkumar Shastry:


You get it in not less than 3/4 days.I got it here in just 2 days by Indane.Same is the case with HP/BP.

I was told it will take 15 days. You are getting in 3-4 days. :roll:

[Randall Twede]

i think LPG actually stands for liquid propane gas...not petroleum

[kayal cox]

Er, I think you are wrong

Petroleum, not Propane

[Thacholi Chekavar]

LPG stands for "Liquefied Petroleum Gas", anyway that was a completely new information for me. Thanks for the post.