Date:         Mon, 9 Dec 2002 14:39:47 -0800
Reply-To:     warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Is propane more dense in cold weather?
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Hello propane professors-

Here is a question for you: is propane more dense in cold weather than warm? Dense enough at 40 degrees F to fill the standard Vanagon Westfalia propane tank to 4.2 gallons?
I have been filling my pair of Westy propane tanks year round for six years, and never has anyone put in 4.2 gallons of propane. I'm well-read on all the safety warnings about not filling a tank more than 80%.

I watched the attendant fill the tank, and he stopped filling when gas began venting from the 80% valve.  
This is a 3 gallon tank, and filling it 80% is about 2.8 gallons. How did they get 4.2 gallons in the tank? I told the manager and they said the meter was recently calibrated. they proved they reset the meter before filling my tank.
I notice nothing unusual about my stove or heater functions.  

Then another employee told me that the fuel is denser in the winter and so the tank holds more.  
News to me. I expect either dire warnings from you to either let out the excess, or that this 76 station is in big trouble.  

Robert

1982 Westfalia




Robert  


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