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Does Cold Affect a Propane Tank Level Gauge?
Propane is similar to nearly all other kinds of materials in that it is affected by cold temperatures. The propane gas contracts when the temperature declines. That reduced level of gas in the tank is reflected by the gauge which reflects the level on the tank. Normally, this comes into play whenever a homeowner checks the gauge in cold weather conditions and sees the amount of the tank level before and after delivery. Depending on the weather conditions, the level on the tank may not go up as much as anticipated.
The gauge on a propane tank shows you what portion of the tank is full. Typically, tanks are not filled more than 80% in order to allow the gas to expand on hot days. For example, a five hundred gallon tank, at a reading of eighty percent at normal temperatures reflects approximately four hundred gallons of propane inside the tank. This is around the amount that could be stored.
The web site Propane 101, which is managed by the propane industry, considers an exterior temperature of sixty degrees to be the reference or baseline point. For instance, if the gauge reads 50 percent of capacity on a day when the temperature is close to sixty degrees, then a five hundred gallon tank will have roughly 250 gallons of propane. If the temperature that same day is a lot lower than sixty degrees, the gauge will read lower. In the same way, if the temperature is much higher than sixty degrees, the gauge will actually read higher due to the expansion of the gas.
The amount of energy contained or energy contained in a tank would not change as the gas either contracts or expands, according to the propane industry website. The amount of propane itself has not changed, but just the density of the gas has changed.
If a homeowner orders one hundred gallons of propane to be delivered, they would receive 424 pounds of propane. If the homeowner has a one thousand gallon propane tank, they could expect the gauge to go up by ten percent with the delivery of 100 gallons. These numbers would be accurate if the temperatures were close to sixty degrees at the time of delivery. If the delivery happened during colder weather conditions, these chillier temperatures will cause a smaller increase reading on the propane gauge.