When my propane tank is low on gas the stove emits a gas smell until i order a refill. In the meantime how do?
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at
4:38 am
I get rid of the smell? I's nauseating. I unplugged the gas stove and it still gives off that smell. What do I do? I'm a little wary of falling asleep tonite with this problem.
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Propane tanks when getting low emit that offending order. I can’t tell exactly why it does but it’s normal. Get the tank refilled and the oder will be gone.
Turn the gas off at the tank. There is a valve on the top. The smell is added to the gas to warn you that it is low, or that you have a gas leak.
Is there a shut-off valve on the gas line? That needs to be off. If your propane tank is outside, the shut-off might be located there.
Open some windows and run a fan near one of the windows to clear the fumes.
Do you have a pilot light, that’s probably what is continually giving the smell. Propane is orderless. They put ethyl-mercaptan into the gas to give it that unpleasant odor, so you know if there’s a leak. Ethyl-mercaptan is an oil, and old propane tanks tend to build up that oil. As you get to the bottom of the tank your probably getting a much higher concentration of that oil in with your propane. If you shut the gas off to your stove (unplugging it from the wall does nothing), the smell should dissipate.