Quote Originally Posted by 750 Valve View Post
From what I know of the recall was not because any investigation found the the Mapp cylinders to have caused the explosions in darwin and Melbourne. One of the major refrig companies had an employee notice his Mapp cylinder continued to leak after being detached from the head, they contacted the supplier (a refrig wholesaler) who initiated the recall in conjunction with the importer.

Obviously the recent events made everyone take this as a very serious matter.

To correct some of the above, both the incidents did involve fridgies, in Melbourne the refrig guys all have to be in the plumbers union (to work on building sites) hence they have very close ties to the plumbing industry.
MAPP cylinders often do that, nothing new, bit like sometimes shraeders leak after removing your gauges, the liquid ices them up so they don't seal.
But that's why I keep my torch attached to it MAPP gas cylinders after I have opened them.
Was at actrol on Monday, people trying to return MAPP cylinders and actrol ran out of stock...