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I just found-out I've got a ~200 pound chunk of useless metal due to a new federal law. Of course, that's after borrowing a truck, finding help loading it, and hurting my back in the process. I just took my propane tank to be filled during lunch, and found-out that because it doesn't contain an over-pressure valve, I can no longer get it refilled. I run my home stove, oven, heat in my shop, backup heat for my house, dryer, generator, and several other things off of propane, so this isn't good. That's also why I can't lease a tank, because every company I talked to requires every device you connect to it to be UL listed. I called around, and the best deal on a new tank that I could find is going to cost me twice as much as an electric stove(!) and take two weeks to get here. I might just buy a microwave next week and sleep on the decision for a while. That or go buy an electric oven, wire, and circuit breakers to hook-up it up. I'd lose my backup heat, have to convert my generator to gas, and have to live without a dryer, but an electric oven would make my wife happier. Either way, there's not going to be any hot food at my home for a while! I haven't called home yet to tell my wife.z
PS: To the federal government, thank you for meddling in my life again. I've got something that's been safe, cheap, and useful for almost 50 years. Why is it suddenly a problem now?
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