"BobR" <r...@r-a-reed-assoc.com> wrote in message
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On Jan 24, 7:45 am, "Robert Green"  wrote:



> What I would like to know is this: How can I tell how much propane I've
> used and how much is left? Are there dial gauges I can attach to the tank
> that can indicate remaining number of pounds? Or do I have to weigh it
each
> time I use it? I've "rung" the side of the tank with a small hammer, but I
> expect it would take a bit of experience to tell that way.


<>

I've ordered the liquid crystal magnetic thermometer just because this is a
winter application and I don't want to be taking my gloves off or splashing
water around if I can avoid it.  Your technique sounds ideal for the normal
use for propane - summer barbecues.  Who knows, with all this propane
around, I might end up getting a propane gas grill.

thanks for your input!

--
Bobby G.

=3D=A0Your technique sounds ideal for the normal
> use for propane - summer barbecues. =A0Who knows, with all this propane
> around, I might end up getting a propane gas grill.

i grill year round, occasionally have to bring the tank indoors and
put in hot water to get it working.

yum steaks in zero degree,,,,,,,

On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:41:24 -0500, "Robert Green"
<r...@yah00.com> wrote:

><c...@snyder.on.ca> wrote in message
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>
>
>
>> >3) Check the insurance policy to make sure that even temorary indoor
>storage
>> >(i.e. bringing it inside to mount/dismount it from the weighing cart)
>> >doesn't void it.
>> >
>> >Thanks for the important sanity check.  I assume I'm going to be needing
>the
>> >more and more.  )-:
>>  Bringing it in to weigh it is not "storage". Storage is leaving it
>> un-monitored.
>
>Well, that's certainly the common sense, logical intepretation of storage.
>What an insurer will claim might not be so logical. (-:  Worse still, it may
>be something buried deep in the insurance contract: "Thou Shalt Not Storeth
>Thy Propane in Thy Abode or Thou Mayst Find Thyself Up the Creek of Shi+
>With No Paddle."
>
>I'd call them and ask if I didn't think it was a bad idea to kick a sleeping
>dog.
 No problem "working with" the tank in the house - but no "storage". -
for the reasons I stated before.

Robert Green posted for all of us...

> 
 I know how to snip articles...

> Dude, I'm old and grey.  Any extra "mission requirements" involve potential
> risk.  In particular, why should I bother even taking the tank outside to
> test it with hot water if I have a way to inspect the rig and determine I'm
> out of propane?   I'm sure it's a wonderful technique for a porch barbecue
> where's you're likely to have water nearby, and I am certainly going to get
> one of those LCD strips but I just don't see myself as Bob the Bapist.  A
> line has to be drawn between the sacred and the propane.
> 
Why do you have a propane tank INSIDE a structure?  KABOOM?


-- 
Tekkie

=?iso-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= <T...@comcast.net> wrote in
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> Robert Green posted for all of us...
> 
>> 
>  I know how to snip articles...
> 
>> Dude, I'm old and grey.  Any extra "mission requirements" involve
>> potential risk.  In particular, why should I bother even taking the
>> tank outside to test it with hot water if I have a way to inspect the
>> rig and determine I'm out of propane?   I'm sure it's a wonderful
>> technique for a porch barbecue where's you're likely to have water
>> nearby, and I am certainly going to get one of those LCD strips but I
>> just don't see myself as Bob the Bapist.  A line has to be drawn
>> between the sacred and the propane. 
>> 
> Why do you have a propane tank INSIDE a structure?  KABOOM?
> 
> 

probably illegal,too. it will VOID your home insurance.

-- 
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com

"Tekkie®" <T...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Robert Green posted for all of us...

> Why do you have a propane tank INSIDE a structure?  KABOOM?

You're a little late to the party - the tank moved outside weeks ago.
Here's someone who learned the hard way:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/utahmom/Shane/ewwface_WEB.jpg

Eeew.

--
Bobby G.