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Does Cold Actually Affect the Level Gauge on a Propane Tank?
Propane is similar to the majority of other types 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 that reflects the level on the propane tank. Often, this happens whenever a homeowner checks the gauge during cold weather conditions and sees the amount of the tank level before and after delivery. Depending on the weather, the tank level may not go up as much as expected.
The gauge on a propane tank shows you what portion of the tank is full. Normally, tanks are not filled over eighty percent so as to allow the gas to expand during hot days. For example, a five hundred gallon tank, at a reading of 80% at normal temperatures reflects about four hundred gallons of propane in the tank. This is about how much could be stored.
The propane industry manages the popular website Propane 101, which considers the propane baseline point to be an exterior temperature of 60 degrees. For instance, if the gauge reads 50 percent of capacity on a day when the temperature is near sixty degrees, then a 500 gallon tank would have around two hundred fifty gallons of propane. If the temperature that same day is a lot lower than 60 degrees, the gauge will read lower. In the same way, if the temperature is much higher than 60 degrees, the gauge would actually read higher due to the expansion of the gas.
According to the information provided by the propane industry website, the amount of energy contained inside the tank does not actually change when the gas contracts or expands. 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 will receive four hundred twenty four pounds of propane. If the homeowner has a 1000 gallon propane tank, they could expect the gauge to go up by 10% with the delivery of one hundred 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, these chillier temperatures would cause a smaller increase reading on the propane gauge.
