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nunuc2000
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May 06, 2020

propane fire pit operating cost and connection to TT

Hi everyone, A couple questions about rv'ing with a propane firepit. It appears that in order to limit the firefighting resources in our provinces, we will likely be camping with a full fireban ...
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Lwiddis
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May 06, 2020
One gallon of propane weighs 4.2 pounds. A "full" 20 lb cylinder should have 4.7 gallons of propane in it which translates to about 430,000 BTUs. Dividing 430,000 by 58,000 BTUs burned per hour gives us 4.7 hours on one bottle of that size. I also balance checkbooks but charge for that basic arithmetic.

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