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Posted: 5/29/2003 10:30:36 AM EDT
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Supposed to be ~20 lbs. of propane in most standard gas grill tanks.
full weight minus Tare weight =weight of liquid. Yours must be smaller. |
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Posted: 5/29/2003 10:33:54 AM EDT
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I think this is a new scam.
You know all the places that trade your bottle for a refilled one? Well you trade a 20 lb bottle (empty) for a 17 lb bottle (full) and THINK you paid for a 17 lb bottle. Damn. They give you 15% less, probably for the same money. |
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Posted: 5/29/2003 10:41:59 AM EDT
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well well well, magnum over here is a knowledgable propane man!
standard size is a 20# bottle, or 5 gallons, propane weighs approximately 4 lbs per liquid gallon. 4.24lbs if memory serves me correctly. filled by weight up to 100# bottle or 25 gallons, TW = tare weight (what the bottle weighs empty) WC = water capacity (how many lbs of water the bottle will hold) take the TW + the weight of propane the bottle will hold (derived from a chart comparing wc to propane lbs) + the weight of your hose = bottle full i fill bottles all day, never run across a 17# bottle. edited to add: the average tw of a 20# bottle is 18lbs brought to you by your resident propane man.......... |
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Posted: 5/29/2003 10:47:25 AM EDT
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Quoted: i fill bottles all day, never run across a 17# bottle. I bet you stink, I always did when I had to fill lp thanks at the gas station I worked at. |
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Posted: 5/29/2003 10:47:54 AM EDT
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Well, I just learned more about BBQ grill tanks than I ever knew. [:d]
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Posted: 5/29/2003 10:51:09 AM EDT
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stink? bite your tongue man.........live around mercaptan long enough and you start to even like the damn smell!!!!!!!!!!!
ready to learn more? propane is an odorless gas, mercaptan is added to make it smell so you can detect a leak. |
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Posted: 5/29/2003 10:53:34 AM EDT
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Quoted: i fill bottles all day, never run across a 17# bottle. Bought at Sheetz. [img]http://photos.ar15.com/ImageGallery/IG_LoadImage.asp?iImageUnq=12824[/img] |
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Posted: 5/29/2003 10:55:13 AM EDT
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net weight = 17lbs is more than likely what the bottle weighed shipped, i.e. empty, go look on the neck and see if tw=17, cause it looks like a standard 20# to me
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Posted: 5/29/2003 10:58:26 AM EDT
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Quoted: net weight = 17lbs is more than likely what the bottle weighed shipped, i.e. empty, go look on the neck and see if tw=17, cause it looks like a standard 20# to me TW = 18.0 lb There is also a weight of 47.7 lb marked on there as well. |
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Posted: 5/29/2003 11:01:45 AM EDT
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no problem, wc = 47.7 is a standard 20# (5 gallon) bottle
dont know where they came up with 17#s from....... |
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Posted: 5/29/2003 11:04:08 AM EDT
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[b]Thanks Hank![/b] (Hill - Propane Salesman from Texas)
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Posted: 5/29/2003 4:20:00 PM EDT
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just doing my small part to promote "God's gas"
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