Propane heater
Just purchases a Mr Heater Big Buddy, and found you're not supposed to use larger than #20 bottles according to instruction pamphlet. Is there no way to hook into an existing line ?
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Something about a high pressure propane tank only a few inches away from a flame has always puzzled me.
I have a Olympic Catalytic heater, it runs on low pressure propane from my RV's 15" water column propane system. So if a open line in a propane system is leaking into a glass of water 18" tall, it will bubble out slowly if less than 15" deep in the water, but over 15" deep, and the bubbles will stop. That is less than 1 pound per square inch of pressure, so barely any pressure at all.
The propane tank is designed to withstand about 400 PSI before the relief valve opens.
Normally at around 75F, the pressure will be around 100 PSI. Yet if warmed to 120F the pressure can double, and - again I don't understand the idea of having a 1 pound propane tank next to a heat source.
Fred.
I have a Olympic Catalytic heater, it runs on low pressure propane from my RV's 15" water column propane system. So if a open line in a propane system is leaking into a glass of water 18" tall, it will bubble out slowly if less than 15" deep in the water, but over 15" deep, and the bubbles will stop. That is less than 1 pound per square inch of pressure, so barely any pressure at all.
The propane tank is designed to withstand about 400 PSI before the relief valve opens.
Normally at around 75F, the pressure will be around 100 PSI. Yet if warmed to 120F the pressure can double, and - again I don't understand the idea of having a 1 pound propane tank next to a heat source.
Fred.
