Propane tank filling problem

[Mark_K5LXP]

That looks like a weather station. How does that measure tank temperature?

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM

 

[DonTom]

That looks like a weather station. How does that measure tank temperature?

With the remote sensor on top of the tank.

-Don- Sac Pass, NV

 

[Mark_K5LXP]

That's air temperature at the top of the tank, which might get you close to the vapor temperature but not the liquid at the bottom. An IR gun will show what the bottom side of the tank is.

My money on your situation is it's nothing to do with temperature, but a hardware issue on your tank or filler misconnection. If temperature really was a root cause I think we'd be seeing far more postings about difficult filling than just yours.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM

 

[DonTom]

That's air temperature at the top of the tank, which might get you close to the vapor temperature but not the liquid at the bottom. An IR gun will show what the bottom side of the tank is.

My money on your situation is it's nothing to do with temperature, but a hardware issue on your tank or filler misconnection. If temperature really was a root cause I think we'd be seeing far more postings about difficult filling than just yours.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM

I will try moving the sensor to the bottom of the the tank before the next time I get propane, if I can find a good way to hold it there where it is more likely to fall off.

But I have heard from several sources that hot propane tanks cannot be filled. But perhaps in very hot areas, they have ways to deal with it better such as having a much stronger pump at their tanks or having a much hotter tank to pump from.

I was not the only motorhome that they could not fill on hot days at that ACE Hardware, but they have no trouble filling the portable tanks that are a lot cooler than my tank on this Class A with engine heat blowing on it as a drive.

-Don- Sac Pass, NV