Electrical Myth
While searching through the forums recently, I came across two posts in which an old electrical myth is repeated- "Circuit breakers will trip at 80% of their rating." For any breaker which has not deg...
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dclark1946 wrote:larry cad wrote:
Don't forget, you can only fill a propane tank to 80% of it's capacity. Wait, that one is true!
No that one is false. A 20 pound tank is designed to safely hold 20 lb of propane.
Dick
BOTH statements are correct. Dick did NOT read and understand what the poster stated. A CORRECT filled LP cylinder will have ONLY 80% liquid capacity of the cylinder and a 20/30/40 cylinder will have its rated poundage, but will not be completely full. The Poundage takes into account the 80% figure. Technically the 20 lbs is really 19.74 lbs but we will not quibble a .26 difference:B Doug
