Brian V wrote:
"Dave, I can't do that" wrote in message
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Thanks Doug,

I did a few searches but your "heat content" was the key, I got so many
hits it was useless with the searches I did. DUH!! Slapping myself on
the forehead.

I will see if the tank is marked with "gallons."

Given the gallons though, what do I do with them and 90K/gal? I think
the tanks are around 5 gallons. I'll go look.

I need to look up exactly what BTU is, (other than British Thermal
Units ;-O), but is that rating for the heater per hour or minute or
what?

Thanks so far though.

Dave



Standard tank 20#
4.24# per gallon
20/4.24=4.72 gallons
4.72*91547=432101.84 btu per 20# tank
432101.84/10000= 43.2 hrs running at full blast


The standard tank is 20# or 5 gallons. With the
new valves they can only put 4.5 gallons in the
tank.