Freezing propane tanks
A few years ago on a weekend trip during the winter my propane tank froze up and was useless is there any way to prevent freeze up.
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bluearc wrote:
A few years ago on a weekend trip during the winter my propane tank froze up and was useless is there any way to prevent freeze up.
The vapor temp on Propane is nearly forty degrees below ZERO, the freezing point lower than that (I have no idea how far) I seriously doubt the propane tank froze up.
Moisture can condense on the tank and freeze (32 degrees) and the regulator can have issues with low temps.
BUTANE however, is often sold as propane, epically in the south, this has a vapor temp closer to the melting point of water. IF it gets below freezing Butane is mostly useless.
Is it possible you got Butaned last time you filled up?
How to find out:
Sadly this takes a chemistry lab, but if you did, you got ripped off.. You see the reason some dealers sell Butane instead of Propane (At Propane prices) is that it is cheaper.
