At Christmas we have a crowd at my house. To help with overflow I always wrap my screened porch with poly to block the wind and put two propane 25K infrared heaters out there. in 280 weather it stays
Put them on a bathroom scale. IIRC, an empty tank weighs about 15-17 lbs, a full tank weighs about, umm, well, 20 lbs more... I don't know if a re-fill of a 1/2 full tank would cost less. I've always
Mine have the "tare" (ie empty) weight marked on them, which I believe is (or at least was) required by law. I can usually get a good idea by rocking them back and forth, to feel how the liquid slos
Turn on your heaters and look at the tanks. You'll see condensation form up to the fill level. If you have the $$ and the tanks are reasonably close, you can buy more line and a valve that will allow
Make sure the tank is cold and then run hot water down the side in your laundry tub for a couple of minutes. Dry it off and you should get a line were condensation forms or you can feel a line of tem
Not likely on a 20 lb tank. Most places that fill them do it flat rate. (Getting someone to get out in the cold isn't worth it to sell you one gallon of propane.) If you bring a bunch, they'll do it
Better is to use both tanks at the same time. Propane is used as a vapor in heaters and the like, but is a liquid in the tank. The vapor pressure and rate of vaporization both go down with temperatur
Maybe even a very regional thing ... I've bought propane in many different states and never had to pay a flat fee. Some places do have a minimum sale of a gallon or two ... if I need less than that
You beat me to it; I'm north of Seattle and every rural (and a lot of in-town) gas stations fill propane tanks. They all have a meter on the fill pump (state law, I think) and you're only charged for
Maybe. I've never filled a non-empty tank anywhere but around here. All the filling stations around here either charge flat rate for 20# tanks, or have a minimum that's pretty much what what a 20# ta
Buy a magnetic gauge that attaches to the side of your tank and it sure eliminates the guessing. I think I got mine at Home Depot and it is different than the link below but the idea is the same - I
David C writes... Walmart took all my tanks (Pre OPD) and gave me brand spanking new ones for no extra charge. I took my neighbor and he brought down 5 more and they did the same thing. I don't belie
Yup same here.... Used to live in Dayton, Ohio; now in Asheville NC. There are gas stations, Lowes etc that swap out tanks for a premium price. But all the places that fill yours put them on a scale,
If that's your biggest gripe with the US government, then you're not paying much attention, or.... ok I'll just shut up. Wrong forum. Lot's of the tank swap out places around here only charge an extr
It's called a manifold. You can get them that do what Charles says. You can also get them that let you run multiple tanks at the same time. That's useful, because you can only pull so much propane of
This guy is nuts!! I see that the update was in 1999. Is he still with us? Rich White St. Joseph, IL USA '63 TR3B TCF587L That ain't a scrap pile, that is my car! See it moves!