[TheForge] Propane Users tank sizes and usage

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

My 150 gal tank is out near the hwy where the truck can get a 
hose to it. It is bolted to a deep foundation () earthquake 
country). I hand dug a 3' trench about 150' down the rocky ridge 
to the house and then off to the shop, lined it with sand, and 
the propane folks came in and laid a 3/4", high pressure plastic 
line which threaded into my black iron risers at either end. I 
put in a big adjustable regulator at the tank end, set to 30 psi. 
At the house end i have a low pressure regulator....at the 
shop...well, it's plugged,waiting for my back to recover before i 
can put in the gas plumbing...meanwhile, i have a wet tube on the 
big tank to refill my little tanks for the shop.
Yeah..i've got gas..urrrrrp...scuse...pf

Dann wrote:
> Jerry,
> 
> Actually, I think that fire codes would want even a 100# cylinder 
> OUTSIDE the building with gas lines piped into the shop.
> 
> The 500# tank kind of confuses me. Guessing that you are actually 
> thinking of a 500 gallon tank, which holds something like 2,000 pounds 
> of LP when filled to it's 80% capacity.
> 
> The LP tank  can be in between the road and the shop for easier access 
> by the tank truck. My 1000 gallon propane tank is about 50 feet from the 
> house, with a shallow underground copper line running into the home.  
> I've got a 500 gallon LP tank, but haven't gotten it plumbed into my 
> shop yet.
> 
> For me, buying LP in bulk is 1/3 to 1/4 the cost of bringing it home in 
> those small BBQ 20 pound tanks.  I've got 5 or so of those BBQ tanks 
> too, and use them on occasion.  The 20 pound LP BBQ tanks  hold about 5 
> gallons of water, but LP they only fill to 80% max capacity,  so if you 
> figure 4 gallons of LP at 4 pounds  per gallon.. that would be about 16 
> pounds of gas.
> 
> I paid about $16 to get my last lp bbq tank filled, about a dollar a 
> pound for LP.  That isn't the only thing, as I've made special trips to 
> take and retrieve a BBQ tank.--- additional cost would include the time 
> and hassle to get a BBQ tank filled.  Compare that to bulk delivered LP 
> cost to my home at about $1.5 per gallon.
> 
> A 500 gallon LP tank holds 400 gallons LP ( 80% fill ) but if LP weighs 
> 4.2 pounds per gallon.. that is just under  1,700 pounds of usable gas.
> 
> Dann
> 
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