Easily too small of a tank/too cold. I would think if you simply warm it up it would solve that issue, but I haven't done anything like that.
On Thu, Dec 5, 2024 at 11:14 AM Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > Many years ago, I think Chuck had posted an excellent chart showing > Propane tank sizes, and the offgas rate at different temperatures, but I > can't find it anymore, and my Google results don't show what I think it > was. > > We have several 2000-2500w Champion Dual-Fuel Generators that have been > working flawlessly for us with propane. Last night was the first time I > think that I deployed one in Cold temperatures though. We were about 13 > degrees last night. I have it on a 30# tank, and it fired right up, and > ran for about 5 minutes, then turned off. Fired it up again, and it ran > for 2 hours and shut off. Propane tank was nearly full, but I'm > wondering if it was too cold for the propane. Back-of-the-napkin math > says that possibly it was. Working out some numbers based on run > times@60F, it looks like it might draw about 14kbtu/hr At 10 degrees, > it looks like a 30# tank will only do about 13kbtu/hr. Would a heater > blanket work And/or provide enough heat to offset the lower > temperatures? Or just stick with Gas for the winter. We're warming up > now, so won't be able to test until it gets cold again. > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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