On Jan 4, 12:29*am, "William Wixon" wrote:
is this possible? *plumbing together two 20 lb. propane tanks? *i've got a
propane heater in my workshop, it draws too much propane for one 20 lb.
tank, freezes the propane. *i was wondering if i plumbed two together if i'd
be able to get enough gas to run the heater. *is this stupid? *do people do
this? *was wondering if they were plumbed together should it be before or
after the regulator(s)? *wondering if that's even possible, to have two
separate regulators on two separate tanks running one heater. *i don't want
to get a larger tank, i've collected about 6 - 20 lb. tanks, i don't want to
have to buy or rent a larger tank. (100 lb.?) *i usually use propane for
quick heat, warm up the shop until i get the wood stove fired up and making
heat, then i turn off the propane heater so i'm not running propane
continuously, maybe 1/2 hour.

b.w.

They do it all the time on travel trailers, although it's usually used
1 tank at a time. I've seen dual 100 lb tanks done that way, too.
Usually done with compression fittings and flexible copper AFTER the
regulators, two ends and a "T". The deal is that 100 lb tanks still
can have the old-style valve, the OPD on the smaller tanks can
restrict gas flow if you look at it funny. 100 lbs and larger is
deemed "industrial" for some reason, guess they figure idiots won't be
screwing up hooking them up to grills. They weren't that expensive
last I looked, a new 100 lb. empty could be had for maybe $80-100.
Just get a hand truck for running the empty back for filling.

Stan