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65 gal propane tank: How full? Dan 05-04-2007
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Posted by Dan on May 4, 2007, 7:42 pm


> Dan writes:
>
>> It has a pressure
>> guage that shows about 18 PSI at the moment. Given that the guage
>> goes up to around 100 psi, I'm guessing this ain't toooo full.
>
> The pressure gage reads only the saturation vapor pressure of the liquid,
> not the level of the liquid in the tank. The two are independent.

OK I'm an idiot. After looking at the web site for the propane company, I
realized the gauge doesn't read in PSI, it is a float gauge that reads in %
full. So the tank has about 18% of 65 gallons, or about 12 gallons. Should
be enough to get through the weekend, anyway ;-)

Thanks to all who replied.

Dan



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Posted by Red on May 4, 2007, 10:35 pm



Dan wrote:

>
> OK I'm an idiot. After looking at the web site for the propane company, I
> realized the gauge doesn't read in PSI, it is a float gauge that reads in %
> full. So the tank has about 18% of 65 gallons, or about 12 gallons. Should
> be enough to get through the weekend, anyway ;-)
>

While most propane tank guages read %, it's not an absolute. Mine
reads gallons. Also most guages are inaccurate, giving a relatively
ballbark reading.

Red


Posted by Jeff Wisnia on May 5, 2007, 8:21 pm


Dan wrote:
>
>>Dan writes:
>>
>>
>>>It has a pressure
>>>guage that shows about 18 PSI at the moment. Given that the guage
>>>goes up to around 100 psi, I'm guessing this ain't toooo full.
>>
>>The pressure gage reads only the saturation vapor pressure of the liquid,
>>not the level of the liquid in the tank. The two are independent.
>
>
> OK I'm an idiot. After looking at the web site for the propane company, I
> realized the gauge doesn't read in PSI, it is a float gauge that reads in %
> full. So the tank has about 18% of 65 gallons, or about 12 gallons. Should
> be enough to get through the weekend, anyway ;-)
>
> Thanks to all who replied.
>
> Dan
>
>

Good, because I was just about to tell you that if the tank pressure was
REALLY 18 psi and the local temperature was above minus 10 F, then there
was no liquid propane at all left in the tank. <G>

Jeff

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Posted by TBone on May 25, 2007, 2:56 pm
Easily but I would set up to get a delivery.

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> > Dan writes:
> >
> >> It has a pressure
> >> guage that shows about 18 PSI at the moment. Given that the guage
> >> goes up to around 100 psi, I'm guessing this ain't toooo full.
> >
> > The pressure gage reads only the saturation vapor pressure of the
liquid,
> > not the level of the liquid in the tank. The two are independent.
>
> OK I'm an idiot. After looking at the web site for the propane company, I
> realized the gauge doesn't read in PSI, it is a float gauge that reads in
%
> full. So the tank has about 18% of 65 gallons, or about 12 gallons.
Should
> be enough to get through the weekend, anyway ;-)
>
> Thanks to all who replied.
>
> Dan
>
>



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