No real need to heat the tank unless it is too small. I don't have numbers but a 20 lb tank from a grill is probably too small for a house-size generator on a cold day. At church we have 4 LP gas furnaces feeding from an above-ground tank is probably 1000 gal. (but only filled to 80%); never a problem. A medium size generator can use 2-4 gal/hr (about 12-24 lb/hr) at heavy load so I think a 250 gal tank would be about as small as you'd want in a cold climate.
-----Original Message----- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Allan Streib via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2021 8:48 PM To: Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Allan Streib <astr...@indiana.edu> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Blizzard Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > The tank needs to absorb enough heat from the environment to "boil > off" LP gas as you use it. Is there some way to use the waste heat from the generator engine to heat the LP tank? You probably wouldn't need to do it in the summer though. Allan _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
