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RV Travel Log |
Hey kids, fun with propane - 06/27/2003
Today was propane adventure day. It seems filling permanent (non-removable) tanks raises safety and legal issues, thus some propane fillers won't fill our RV. U-Haul gladly filled our tank. 29 gallons, $55. Ouch. When I got home, I checked the weight of propane, since tanks are rated by weight and the filling stations use gallons. This makes no sense, but neither does getting 8 hot dogs and 10 buns in a pack.
We have an 80 lb tank. Propane weighs 4.2 lbs per gallon. That means U-Haul put in 123 lbs of propane into our tank.
Wait a minute.
Erin and I went back there and got a 9 gallon refund, which is still too much propane as the tanks only get filled to the 80% mark, but convincing them of the weight of propane was difficult enough. I don't know whether the dude forgot to reset the propane counter from the previous customer, or the poor initial connection to my tank leaked A LOT of propane (he shut it off right away and made a better connection).
Anyway, the stove works now. Boiling water takes quite a while, but hey, the point of this trip is to take it easy. Hanging out in the RV
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