PROPANE

[THOMASJUS]

Newbie to all this....just purchased 1993 Damon Frontier Flyer (32ft) and will have many questions.....first Motor Home.
My Manchester propane tank is stamped 23.9#. I don't know what the "#" symbol means.....Is it POUNDS or GALLONS ??
Thanx

[Atlee]

If he has a motor home, more that likely he has a permanently mounted tank. If so, it is filled when the MH is parked next to the propane dispenser.

Dennis M M wrote:
Info on propane tank capacities here

In some parts of the country the tanks are filled and priced by weight, in other places they measure and charge by gallons.

[Dutch_12078]

Your Damon coach most likely has a 23.9 gallon ASME permanently installed tank. 23.9 gallons is approx 100 pounds of propane. A 23.9 pound tank would be incredibly small for a 32 ft Class A. The label attached to the tank should have the full details on it.

[Dennis_M_M]

Info on propane tank capacities here

In some parts of the country the tanks are filled and priced by weight, in other places they measure and charge by gallons.

[chevyman2]

Yes that symbol means pounds in the USA. However that still dont say much about propane capacity in tanks. With it being a MH it "might" actually tell the capacity in gallons. Most newer MHs do, alot of older ones do not though. Horizontal filled tanks get filled by volume. There is a bleeder valve near the top. When filling, that valve is opened, when liquid escapes the valve opening, the tank is full (well 80%-that is the limit to which "any" propane cylinder can be filled)

As far as portable cylinders are concerned. There are codes on the neck that is to be used when filling. There is a formula that uses those codes, that determine the "weight" the cylinder will be when full. Therefore they are filled by weight.

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