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Does Cold Truly Affect a Propane Tank Level Gauge?
Propane is like most 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 inside the tank is reflected by the gauge which reflects the level on the tank. Normally, this occurs whenever a homeowner checks the gauge during cold weather and sees the amount of the tank level before and after delivery. Depending on the conditions, the level on the tank may not go up as much as anticipated.
The propane tanks guage would show what fraction of the gas tank is still full. Tanks are usually not filled more than eighty percent full as this would allow for the gas to expand during hotter temperatures. For example, a five hundred gallon tank, at a reading of 80% at normal temperatures reflects approximately 400 gallons of propane inside the tank. This is about how much is able to be stored.
The propane industry operates the popular web site Propane 101, which considers the propane reference point to be an exterior temperature of 60 degrees. For example, if the gauge reads 50 percent of capacity on a day when the temperature is close to sixty degrees, then a 500 gallon tank would have around two hundred fifty gallons of propane. If the temperature that day is much lower than 60 degrees, the gauge would read lower. Also, if the temperature is much higher than sixty degrees, the gauge will actually read higher because the gas expanded.
The energy contained or amount of energy contained in a tank will not change as the gas either expands or contracts, 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 will be given 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 one hundred gallons. These numbers would be correct if the temperatures were close to 60 degrees at the time of delivery. If the delivery took place during colder weather conditions, these chillier temperatures would result in a smaller increase reading on the propane gauge.
