Greg J asked me about the subsections (6) and (7) of section 25 of this regulation, which seem to imply that the the spit valve must be used even if the fuel tank is equipped with an Overfill Protection Device (OPD - stop-fill valve):
Vehicle operation
25.
- No person shall operate, or permit to be operated, a vehicle that is converted to use propane after this Regulation comes into force unless the labels required by the code adoption document are affixed to the vehicle. O. Reg. 211/01, s. 25 (1).
- No person shall operate, or permit to be operated, a vehicle that is converted to use propane unless the propane fuel system complies with this Regulation or, where the vehicle was converted before this Regulation came into force, unless it complies with the requirements of the predecessor to this Regulation as it existed when it was converted. O. Reg. 211/01, s. 25 (2).
- No person shall connect, or permit to be connected, a gasoline or propane fuelling nozzle to the fuel fill point of a vehicle equipped with a propane appliance unless the supply of propane to the main burners and pilot burners of the appliance is shut off. O. Reg. 211/01, s. 25 (3).
- An operator of a vehicle with a propane appliance installed on it shall shut off, or cause to be shut off, the supply of propane to the main burner and pilot burner of the appliance before a gasoline or propane fuelling nozzle is connected by anyone to the fuel fill point of the vehicle. O. Reg. 211/01, s. 25 (4).
- Except as permitted by the code adoption document, no person shall park a propane vehicle intended primarily for highway use inside a building if a cylinder containing propane is mounted, installed or stored in or on the vehicle. O. Reg. 211/01, s. 25 (5).
- No person shall supply propane to a tank installed on a propane vehicle unless the fixed liquid level gauge of the tank remains open during the filling operation. O. Reg. 211/01, s. 25 (6).
- A person filling a tank using a fixed liquid level gauge shall immediately stop filling and close the gauge when liquid propane appears at the outlet of the gauge. O. Reg. 211/01, s. 25 (7).
- No person shall transfer propane to the tank of a propane vehicle on a highway except in accordance with a procedure that has been accepted as being consistent with public safety. O. Reg. 211/01, s. 25 (8 ).
- No person shall operate a propane vehicle unless the service valve of the propane tank on the vehicle is fully open when the engine of the vehicle is operating on propane fuel. O. Reg. 211/01, s. 25 (9).
After a discussion with TSSA about this question, I have learned that TSSA has drafted a change in the O. Reg. 211/01, Section 25.(6) to read:
(6) Where the propane tank is not equipped with a stop-fill valve, no person shall supply propane to a tank installed on a propane vehicle unless the fixed liquid level gauge of the tank remains open during the filling operation. O. Reg. 211/01, s. 25 (6).
This proposed change, among others, will be sent to the Ministry office for Government approval. It is expected that the approval may be ready by this summer. This will bring O. Reg. 211/01 in line with CSA B149.5.