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Does Cold Really Affect a Propane Tank Level Gauge?
Similar to nearly all other types of materials, propane is affected by cold temperatures. As the temperature goes down, the propane gas contracts. That reduced level of gas in the tank is reflected by the gauge which reflects the tank level. Often, this happens whenever a homeowner checks the gauge in cold conditions and sees the amount of the tank level before and after delivery. Depending on the conditions, the level on the tank may not rise as much as expected.
The gauge on a propane tank shows you what fraction of the tank is full. Typically, tanks are not filled more than 80% so as to enable the gas to expand during hot days. Like for example, a 500 gallon tank, at a reading of eighty percent at normal temperatures reflects around four hundred gallons of propane inside the tank. This is roughly the amount which is able to be stored.
The propane industry operates the popular website Propane 101, that considers the propane baseline point to be an exterior temperature of 60 degrees. For instance, if the gauge reads 50% of capacity on a day when the temperature is close to sixty degrees, then a five hundred gallon tank will contain approximately 250 gallons of propane. If the temperature that day is much lower than sixty 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 given by the propane industry web site, the amount of energy contained in the tank does not actually change when the gas expands or contracts. The amount of propane itself has not changed, but just the density of the gas has changed.
The homeowner who orders one hundred gallons of propane would receive roughly 424 pounds of propane. With the delivery of one hundred gallons, the homeowner with a 1000 gallon propane tank can expect the guage to go up by ten percent. These numbers would be correct if the temperatures were close to 60 degrees at the time of delivery. If the delivery happened during colder weather, these chillier temperatures would result in a smaller increase reading on the propane gauge.
