Does you gas cylinder have water in it?
A very rare situation, but this does happen. Here are a few important points about the whole ‘water in the cylinder scenario’
1- The most common situation in which you cylinder can turn out to have water in it is when it has very less gas left in it. A common practice in Indian households, is to invert the cylinder when the gas content in the cylinder decreases too much to give a regular flame. We try to ‘extract’ even the last bit of LPG out of the cylinder. But when you invert the cylinder, the small amount of liquid content in the bottom of the cylinder comes to the top and when you reconnect the cylinder this very liquid is forced out of the burner holes. The important thing is to understand is that your gas cylinder is not a Bajaj scooter, which will start working by tilting(or inverting)
2- Every time you collect a new cylinder, ensure that the deliveryman writes the serial number of the cylinder on the cashmemo and your diary. He should do it himself in his own handwriting. If, in case the cylinder does turn out to have water in it, the matching serial number will be proof that it is the same cylinder which was delivered to you.
3- If the serial number was noted in the diary, do check if the cylinder is still the same, if water comes out of it. Many a times, your family members might buy cylinder for ‘black’ from hawkers or ‘kirana shops’. Such cylinders have high chances of containing water, as they can be tampered. In such a case, the serial number will obviously not match.
4- If you have a car which runs on LPG and you use your domestic gas cylinder and you ‘pump’ to fill it, then be prepared for some water to come out at the end of the filling. I am blaming anyone, but most of the people who have LPG run cars do this and when the water comes out, they complain against the dealer.
5- If your complaint is genuine, the serial number matches and you physically have the cylinder with you, complain to the dealer. Dont complain to the staff. Complain directly to the dealer in person. This will solve your problem. In case it doesn’t, then call the sales officer of the oil company, of that area.
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