Majority of people using cooking gas don't know that their gas cylinder has an expiry date. They don't know when the gas cylinders will expire and when it does, it can results to leakage that can lead to explosion. There have been many cases of gas cylinder explosions and when this happens, lives are lost and properties worth millions are also lost in the fire that follows. So many lives have been lost and this is a call to concern.


According to a State Coordinator, Standard Organisation of Nigeria [SON], “If a cylinder of 12kg explodes, it is capable of bringing down a two storey building. Cooking gas cylinders must not exceed five (5) years.” According to the SON Director, most people using gas cylinders hardly remember when it was bought. Once you discover that your gas cylinder has expired, stop using it in order to avoid explosion.


This is the process to verify the expiry date of the LPG cylinder
The expiry date of cooking gas cylinder can be found on one of the metal strips that connect the body of the cylinder to top ring (handle). It is printed or pasted on the inner side of the strip. Alphabets from A to D is painted on it along with a number. The process of decoding the expiry date is very simple. The alphabet A, B, C, D represents the month it will expire while the number beside it indicates the year the gas cylinder will expire.


A year is divided into four quarters which are:
A – January to March
B – April to June
C – July to September
D – October to December
The letters represent the month of expiry while the number indicates the year of expiry.
For example, if a cylinder has ‘B 20′ printed on the metal strip. The letter B represents month June, and 20 indicates the year 2020. So a cylinder having B 20 mentioned on it means it will expire in June 2020.

After the expiry date, a gas cylinder has a grace period of 3 - 4 months because the cylinder cannot be extracted immediately out of the circulation. There have been several reports on how distributors tamper with the expiry date because they are written with paint. When next you buy or receive a gas cylinder, make sure you check the expiry date and stay safe.

Good information.

Too many people buy repainted cylinders thinking they just got something new.

This is a vital info... Thanks for sharing

So are you saying we are going to be buy like 4 cylinder in a year, 1 per quarter?

How the hell would i have known this. Thanks op for the very educative info

And someone was trying to explain this same thing to me last week but I didn't grab what he was saying, thanks for the clear explanation..

Thanks so much

nice one thanks for the info

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Seen and noted

What of the local made ones how to check them?

Everyday I leave in fear of my Gas cylinder exploding.


I just can't shake the feeling off as much as I would love to

, Most Sellers that spray paint their cylinders how exactly can you tell

You go see some cylinder for gas station wey be say na grace dey hold the cylinder..... Everything go don peel, e go dey shake and people go still dey use am like that.

I no want wahala na kerosene I still dey used

Issoright, noted

nochyemish:
So are you saying we are going to be buy like 4 cylinder in a year, 1 per quarter?

If I say what's on my mind... You will hate me for life!

Cool

This thing dey expire so ?

I will never forget that time I missed a taxi because of some lady busy telling her child that she must finish her ice cream or she will give it to me�

Fake news

nochyemish:
So are you saying we are going to be buy like 4 cylinder in a year, 1 per quarter?

Bro, read again slowly

nochyemish:
So are you saying we are going to be buy like 4 cylinder in a year, 1 per quarter?

English is hard

Informative

Powerful information.

Ok. It is noted.
Thanks OP.

nochyemish:
So are you saying we are going to be buy like 4 cylinder in a year, 1 per quarter?

Are u drunk?

I've been using my 8kg camp gas for 14 years now, changed the burner twice and repainted it twice too. No time to check for expiration

Story. Buy 12.5kg cylinder,put it outside and use a hose hose connect it from outside to burner or gas stove inside. Simple

My gas cylinder has D 30 on it