Cooking Stove stopped in cold weather
My son is off grid, in northeren WA. The past few days has been pretty chilly. He has a wood heat and uses propane to cook with recently has a frozen tank, by that it has Ice all over it, and a copper...
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moisture or the "propane" wasn't all propane are likely causes. LPG is a generic term, and in some warmer climates they mix isobutane with it. problem is isobutane boils at near 0F IIRC, way above the boiling point for propane. so as you get near the boiling point,no vapor.
Or, as the tank goes near empty, and if you draw a large amount of propane, the liquid that remains drops way down in temperature and pressure drops and not much flow.
As an example I have a firepit that is rated at 80,000 BTU. Once a 5 gallon tank gets down to about 1 gallon left, at 60F or so, the flame drops way down. it can't boil off fast enough to provide the required gas flow.
So, how big is his tank? How full is it? What is the BTU draw on the stove
Or, as the tank goes near empty, and if you draw a large amount of propane, the liquid that remains drops way down in temperature and pressure drops and not much flow.
As an example I have a firepit that is rated at 80,000 BTU. Once a 5 gallon tank gets down to about 1 gallon left, at 60F or so, the flame drops way down. it can't boil off fast enough to provide the required gas flow.
So, how big is his tank? How full is it? What is the BTU draw on the stove
