Hi all, On Wed, 1998-08-05 14:31:37 EDT, GMBulley@aol.com wrote: > ... > Both JC Whitney and (many) camping store sell self-adhesive, temperature > dependant stickers. They are actually designed for voiticle (verticle) tanks, > but would give you *some* idea of what's in the tank. According to my experience this doesn't work at all. The idea is that the state transition from the liquid to gaseous phase caused by propane consumption is acompanied by a temperature drop in the gaseous phase. But either a stove doesn't draw enough propane per minute for this effect to be measurable by such a crude device or the metal of the gas tank does not clearly enough carry on this steep temperature gradient to the outside. In any case forget these stickers :-( I hope this helps. Sincerely Rainer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Rainer M Woitok | Phone: (+49-9131) 85-7811, -7031 | | Regionales Rechenzentrum | | | Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet | Fax : (+49-9131) 30 29 41 | | Martens-Strasse 1 | Telex: d 629 755 tf erl | | D-91058 Erlangen | | | Germany | Mail: Woitok@RRZE.Uni-Erlangen.DE | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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