Mapp Torch Question

SuperCooper · February 2016

I bought a mapp torch yesterday for the egg. I have a question about storing it. Do you take the torch off the tank to store or is it ok to leave on?

DMW · February 2016

I leave it on. I hope that is OK, because I'm not about to start breaking it down each time I use it.

LRW · February 2016

I leave mine on but you should take it off when you bring it in doors. I store mine outside with the egg.

DMW · February 2016

LRW said:

I leave mine on but you should take it off when you bring it in doors

I store mine outside in my deck box. That makes sense, as if it had a slow leak you wouldn't want it inside.

GATABITES · February 2016

LRW said:

I leave mine on but you should take it off when you bring it in doors. I store mine outside with the egg.

What are the reason(s) to take it off for inside storage? I brought mine in last year when it was below freezing outside. This year, I've left it outside so far.

LRW · February 2016

Any gas cylinder has a potential for a leak when connected to the torch head. Might never happen but why take the chance.

Mickey · February 2016

All hooked up. Use for both Large and the Mini-Max. The Mini gets the smaller yellow one.

GATABITES · February 2016

LRW said:

Any gas cylinder has a potential for a leak when connected to the torch head. Might never happen but why take the chance.

Thanks for the info. I had'nt thought that it would leak. I will definitely dissemble from now on if I ever bring it in.

RRP · February 2016

I'm in the "remove it" camp. As for gas lost with that alarmingly loud PUFF upon the final twist DON'T worry about it! I have a propane tank that is at least 14 years old that I use only to heat a brass branding iron I use to mark wood projects.

sctdg · February 2016

I take mine off and I store it in my shed . Worked in the Forklift Industry since I was a little kid (father owned forklift repair shop)and have seen what propane can do and how things could start leaking out of the blue . Not pretty when one goes off. I also leave windows opened in shed for air just in case .

blasting · February 2016

Makes sense. I've got an attached tool garage with at least three torches attached to the cylinders. I'll unscrew them tomorrow.

kl8ton · February 2016

I leave it on. The last tank i had leaked when the torch was off. I thought that to be odd. I wanted to be able to take it off so it would fit in my plumbing box IF i ever needed to do some plumbing work away from the house.

Sammi · February 2016

One other issue to consider is ( if it's on a small 1 lb tank) dropping it or breaking off the torch. I've heard of people dropping lit torches from a ladder and blowing windows out of the house. Better safe than sorry, close tank valves and remove torches from valve-less tanks.

stlcharcoal · February 2016

The valve in the bottle can also leak if the torch head is not on there (those little valves can rust or stick.) I leave mine on......if I reach for mine and the bottle is empty, I know there's something wrong with the torch head. Better to know that with an empty bottle than when it's lit off.

Also, for kitchen/BBQ use, get to short green bottles. They have a wider base and don't tip over like the tall skinny ones.

HeavyG · February 2016

I leave it on the bottle. More due to laziness than any concern over leaks.

As stlcharcoal says, the little valve in the bottle is also a failure point itself so choose your poison.

mgd_egg · February 2016

I leave it on and bring it in the house. After reading this I think I'll store it outside or in the garage. I'm not sure about leaving it out in my deck box in the cold.

HeavyG · February 2016

mgd_egg said:

I leave it on and bring it in the house. After reading this I think I'll store it outside or in the garage. I'm not sure about leaving it out in my deck box in the cold.

That's where I keep mine - deck box year around.

anton · February 2016

leave it on, twenty years of plumbing can't be wrong.

Roadpuke0 · February 2016

If I am reading it rite you bought a map torch? There for I assume hand held unit is what you bought. I'm just a dumb plumber that has used case upon case or the bottles. The only time I ever had a leak was when I removed the hand unit from the bottle. Have never had a issue with leaving the unit on the bottle. Between a on off selector and a pull trigger to ignite the odds of accidental ignition is as good as the lottery that we never win.

SuperCooper · February 2016

Wow, lots of opinions, i think i am going to go with leaving it on and bringing it inside. I work in construction and also asked one of our plumbers today and his response was "why would you want to take it off?"

RRP · February 2016

SuperCooper said:

Wow, lots of opinions, i think i am going to go with leaving it on and bringing it inside. I work in construction and also asked one of our plumbers today and his response was "why would you want to take it off?"

I agree! To each his own with your comfort level of what resides in your basement or wherever! So happens that just today I sent a 2+ pound box of matches to a collector in CA. I had collected them for nearly 55 years, but Pat has always had a fear of them! Today FedEx never even asked the contents and for $14.31 my collection of flammables are now in transit to the Shaky City!

Texag06ish · February 2016

I take mine apart. I store the fuel in the pantry and the torch head in a plastic baggie in my table.

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