? On dry camping for 2 nights propane use?
Well we are goin to do some dry camping tomorrow for the end of the season last camp before storage. So I have 2 20 gal propane tanks .right now 1 tank is about a quarter filled and the other i under ...
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20 gallon propane tanks are pretty large, - big enough it would take two large men to pick it up. Maybe a crane if itis full.
You probably have 20 pound propane tanks that hold about 4.4 gallons when full. So lets say both tanks have a total of 5 gallons, or about 500,000 Btu's of propane. This is still enough to run a 10,000 Btu water heater for more than 10 hours (using about 100,000 Btu's) and a 40,000 Btu furnace for 10 hours. The 2,200 Btu refrigerator is a nominal amount of fuel, the refrigerator can run 50 hours on one gallon, but will not run the burner that many hours on a cool weekend.
You should be good to go camping.
I had a 11 gallon propane tank on my class C motorhome. It would run the refrigerator and water heater about 3 weeks in the summer, before needing to fill it.
My class C has a 18 - 19 gallon propane tank, and will last a little over 6 weeks before refilling. Winter can use a lot more fuel, and as little as weeks sometimes.
Fred.
You probably have 20 pound propane tanks that hold about 4.4 gallons when full. So lets say both tanks have a total of 5 gallons, or about 500,000 Btu's of propane. This is still enough to run a 10,000 Btu water heater for more than 10 hours (using about 100,000 Btu's) and a 40,000 Btu furnace for 10 hours. The 2,200 Btu refrigerator is a nominal amount of fuel, the refrigerator can run 50 hours on one gallon, but will not run the burner that many hours on a cool weekend.
You should be good to go camping.
I had a 11 gallon propane tank on my class C motorhome. It would run the refrigerator and water heater about 3 weeks in the summer, before needing to fill it.
My class C has a 18 - 19 gallon propane tank, and will last a little over 6 weeks before refilling. Winter can use a lot more fuel, and as little as weeks sometimes.
Fred.
