What temperature does propane stop flowing?
Getting a tad nippy out, living here in the TT. Supposed to get down to minus 32C tonight. (about -25.6F) Cooking dinner just now, oven on baking some salmon, furnace trying to keep this thing w...
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Hi Bob,
Propane boils at -42 C. However at -40 it doesn't boil too fast at all.
As it boils it cools the tank. When it is -35 there is not much heat that the tank can extract from the ambient, so it is quite possible for the tank to below the temperature it is being stored in. When that happens gas production drops down. If it drops enough, then there won't be a sufficient volume of propane to operate the burner in the furnace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane
Just tuck a heating pad between the two tanks. If you don't wish to do that then use one of the chemical type hand warmers.
I have a 200 watt magnetic heater that I use to warm up my generator. It doubles as a tank warmer for me.
Propane boils at -42 C. However at -40 it doesn't boil too fast at all.
As it boils it cools the tank. When it is -35 there is not much heat that the tank can extract from the ambient, so it is quite possible for the tank to below the temperature it is being stored in. When that happens gas production drops down. If it drops enough, then there won't be a sufficient volume of propane to operate the burner in the furnace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propane
Just tuck a heating pad between the two tanks. If you don't wish to do that then use one of the chemical type hand warmers.
I have a 200 watt magnetic heater that I use to warm up my generator. It doubles as a tank warmer for me.
