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Default Looking to valuate residential propane tank

On 9/27/2011 10:45 AM, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Sep 27, 10:34 am, "Steve wrote:
"Bob wrote

Can you tell how full a tank is by tapping on the side?


The simple way is to look at the E/F gauge on the top of the tank.

Steve


If the tank has one and it's a float guage. Pressure guages are just
about useless on a propane tank. But I'm thinking the op would have
mentioned a guage if there was one.

Otherwise you are trying to find the liquid level and tapping is about
as good as anything. You can vent a bunch of it if it's humid out and
look for a condensation line. But that's not really a very good thing
to do.



Check it on a warm humid morning after a cold night, works best if the
sun hits it.