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JaxDad
Dec 28, 2014Explorer III
Blanco, have you bought more propane since this problem started?
What is sold as "propane" differs quite a bit based on when & where you buy it. If you filled up near LA in warmer weather you well could have gotten nearly straight, if not straight, butane.
Butane boils at 30 to 34 deg. F. so if it's that cold or colder you will have little to no gas vapour. In other words you could run out of gas with a full tank of butane.
By comparison propane boils at anything above about -44 deg. F. so you'd still have lots of gas vapour down to well below most people would be camping in.
What is sold as "propane" differs quite a bit based on when & where you buy it. If you filled up near LA in warmer weather you well could have gotten nearly straight, if not straight, butane.
Butane boils at 30 to 34 deg. F. so if it's that cold or colder you will have little to no gas vapour. In other words you could run out of gas with a full tank of butane.
By comparison propane boils at anything above about -44 deg. F. so you'd still have lots of gas vapour down to well below most people would be camping in.
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