RV propane tank gauges..

[medler]

So..if anyone has bought a propane gauge set up that tells you the amount in your tanks,i need to hear from you..I am looking for something that threads onto the bottles before the hoses that tells the me the levels in the tanks..i am sick of taking them off and shaking them to feel how heavy they are,,Someone must make these things,but I have never seen one. Thanks

 

[medler]

https://www.snowandmud.com/tow-vehi...html?highlight=propane+tanks.............Chit I should've searched harder,,,never mind

 

[snopro]

I have a set of the green/orange/red gauges that screw on Mike and wouldn't be without them. I believe I got them at Canadian Tire.

 

[medler]

K Thanks,,i will try getting them there,,stupidly I thought this was something new...but its not I guess lol

 

[imdoo'n]

Got a pair at costco, less than $20

 

[ZRrrr]

Interesting product..........

Propane Gauge | Propane Monitor | Electronic BBQ Propane Indicator | Propane GasGenie

 

[Murminator]

So..if anyone has bought a propane gauge set up that tells you the amount in your tanks,i need to hear from you..I am looking for something that threads onto the bottles before the hoses that tells the me the levels in the tanks..i am sick of taking them off and shaking them to feel how heavy they are,,Someone must make these things,but I have never seen one. Thanks

My mother in law has one of those gauge that go on the line before the bottle and it doesn't work worth a crap tells you if it is empty or not. I looked at it once said is was good 10 mins into bbqing ran outta propane then it said empty.

I take 1 of mine off once a year maybe to fill it and that will only be one of them and we stay in the trailer around 25-30 nights year
I think learning about it little more will probably help you more than a gauge so get ready for some schooling

Most dual bottle rv come with an automatic change over regulator

These have a switch that you flip back and forth to show what bottle you are using and a little sight glass on top that shows green or red there different variances in models were the green and red markings are. Leave it pointed at the bottle you using it should be green if it has some in it and open the other bottle also because if you run out of propane it will automatically switch and pull out of the other bottle and the little indicator will switch to red and will stay red until you manually flip the valve over to the good tank. So when lift your cover to shut the propane off you will see if it green or red no need to take the bottles off and shake them you will always know you have 1 full bottle.
Propane burns at about 90,000 BTU per gallon so your biggest propane hog will be your furnace at about 45,000 BTU per hour so for easy math the furnace will run for 2 hours straight for 1 gallon of propane X 30G per bottle the furnace can run for 60 hours straight on 1 bottle.
Your fridge will be the least propane consumer these ran at about 1000-2500 BTU per hour then there is other factors also the water heater, stove/oven or bbq whatever you are running off the propane
And when cooling down the fridge for the weekend always cool it down with propane rather the power it will cool down faster and it will pro-long the life and the fridge the electric heating elements can burn out easy on long burns cooling it down all the time when it gets down to temp switch it over to power to maintain it
And remember propane freezes and will split the regulator so when I do my winterizing I shut the bottles off and burn the remaining propane off via the stove

HTH

 

[teeroy]

freezing point of propane is -190 C. at -45 propane is still liquid but will cease to make gas vapour. at -35 C my tiger torch comes in the cab of the KW with me.....

 

[LUCKY 7]

hey thanks for the tidbit about end of season and turning the tanks off and burning the propane in the system I will be doing that this fall

My mother in law has one of those gauge that go on the line before the bottle and it doesn't work worth a crap tells you if it is empty or not. I looked at it once said is was good 10 mins into bbqing ran outta propane then it said empty.

I take 1 of mine off once a year maybe to fill it and that will only be one of them and we stay in the trailer around 25-30 nights year
I think learning about it little more will probably help you more than a gauge so get ready for some schooling

Most dual bottle rv come with an automatic change over regulator

http://www.newrver.com/artman/uploads/dsc03985.jpg

These have a switch that you flip back and forth to show what bottle you are using and a little sight glass on top that shows green or red there different variances in models were the green and red markings are. Leave it pointed at the bottle you using it should be green if it has some in it and open the other bottle also because if you run out of propane it will automatically switch and pull out of the other bottle and the little indicator will switch to red and will stay red until you manually flip the valve over to the good tank. So when lift your cover to shut the propane off you will see if it green or red no need to take the bottles off and shake them you will always know you have 1 full bottle.
Propane burns at about 90,000 BTU per gallon so your biggest propane hog will be your furnace at about 45,000 BTU per hour so for easy math the furnace will run for 2 hours straight for 1 gallon of propane X 30G per bottle the furnace can run for 60 hours straight on 1 bottle.
Your fridge will be the least propane consumer these ran at about 1000-2500 BTU per hour then there is other factors also the water heater, stove/oven or bbq whatever you are running off the propane
And when cooling down the fridge for the weekend always cool it down with propane rather the power it will cool down faster and it will pro-long the life and the fridge the electric heating elements can burn out easy on long burns cooling it down all the time when it gets down to temp switch it over to power to maintain it
And remember propane freezes and will split the regulator so when I do my winterizing I shut the bottles off and burn the remaining propane off via the stove

HTH