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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on June 18, 2006, 12:03 pm
> Kurt Gavin wrote:
>>
>> I've got a 500 gal tank. How do you determine how many gallons are
>> currently
>> in the tank?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Accurately - weigh it and compare to the tare weight that should
> hopefully be listed on the tank data plate.
How do ypu propose lifting the 500 gallon tank onto a scale?
>
> Roughly, get one of those liquid crystal stick on propane tank gauge
> things and keep moving it down the side of the tank (doing the hot water
> thing) until you find the LP level. You'll have to watch extra closely
> since the tank wall will be thicker than the wall on a 20# tank. Just
> remember that other than the half full point, the scale is not linear
> due to the cylindrical shape of the tank.
For those to work, the gas has to be siphoning off to create the temperature
differential. I think you'd have to be using a lot of gas to make it read.
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