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Default auto-changeover propane regulator

On Jun 25, 9:08*pm, "vaughn" wrote:
"You" wrote in message

...

there is ONE BIG reason you can't RV tanks on a generator of any size.
(10Kw) they are Vapor withdraw type tanks and they don't have enough
surface area to allow the propane liquid to boil off into gas, without
freezing up the tank.... duh... anyone who has ever tried it knows
this...


Huh? *The OP was asking about 2-1000 gallon tanks. *That is plenty of surface
area unless we are talking about sub-zero temperatures. *The flow capacity of
the regulator is a bigger concern.

Vaughn


No chance except in very hot conditions. The latent heat requirements
of the propane soon cool the tank down to a point were the gas won't
vapourise off.

This is true even with liquid oxygen never mind propane.