Propane winterizing
Which is better, remove the tanks over the winter or leave them hooked up? I have heard that if you do remove them, you should wrap the connection with a plastic bag so nothing gets in. Normally...
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DrewE wrote:swimmer_spe wrote:
OP here. The issue is not the tanks themselves. The garage is more like a shed as it has no heat or electricity to it, but it can easily fit my truck inside. It is not attached to any dwelling.
I am partly concerned about theft, but more about the potential for bus getting in the propane system
I assume you mean "bugs"? The propane system is a closed system, with no place for bugs or water or whatever to sneak in. If there were any hole, you would know it from the loss of gas, the odor of said gas escaping, the beeping of the propane alarm, and (should the others fail) the fireball that comes when you try to light the stove.
Where there are problems sometimes with bugs, spider's nests, etc. are in the individual appliance burners, and having the propane tanks connected or not will have no effect at all on that possibility.
I did mean bugs.
There is nothing stopping small bugs from crawling in through the hole at the connection to the tank when the tank isn't installed. I would rather not have a plugged up propane system.
