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Date:         Thu, 12 Sep 2002 21:19:08 -0700
Reply-To:     gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Propane tank filling
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I can believe the fire extinguisher explanation but the propane filling is as bogus as a three dollar bill. Tank is a closed system with a spring with another closed system filling it. Only thing that effects it is the temperature. This is why we fill it 80%. Outside pressure does not affect the fill but may affect the usage rate. gary Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 21:52:32 -0600 From: westydriver <westydriver@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> Subject: Re: Propane tank filling

[...] I can do about 12 pots of coffee and run the fridge for a 3 day weekend and have my small heater on two nights and not consume enough to put a dent in the supply. You can run your fridge for about 10 days and about 4 pots of coffee a day on the base westy tank.

yes there will be a pressure differential from sea level to denver. example is a fire extinguisher filled at sea level and then brought to colorado will typically read overcharged.

at 91,500 BTU per gallon and the westy tank is just under 3. RV place says its rated a 12 pounder. (4.25 lbs to the gallon of lp) at about 400 BTU/hr for the fridge gives about 9 days to the gallon. no special adapters needed to fill

jimt On Thursday, September 12, 2002, at 07:31 PM, Ben McCafferty wrote: > > 2--Would it make any difference that the tank was filled at sea level, > and > is now at 6,000 feet? It seems like the filling tank and my tank are > two > closed systems, but just thought I'd ask.

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