. . .gas level indicator has magnetic backing and is applied . . . you don't have to connecting anything . . . The color of the bar will change below the liquid level when the gas is being used.
Posted 2005-10-03 11:29 AM (#31254 - in reply to #31248) Subject: RE: LP TANKS
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Posts: 500 Location: West TN
I bought one and never could get it to work properly. I tried using it while it was using gas and when it was just sitting. I placed it all over and never could get a good reading. Of course it could be operator error.
Posted 2005-10-03 11:49 AM (#31256 - in reply to #31248) Subject: RE: LP TANKS
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Posts: 2960 Location: North Carolina
These type level gauges rely on the temperature of the liquid getting cooler as the LPG is used. They work best if the rate of gas use is pretty high. They work less well as the rate of use is decreased. As one poster discovered, they aren't too hot... pun intended.
An internal float indictating gauge is good, something that weighs the tank is even better. If money were no question a totalizing mass flow gauge would be pretty cool in a geek sense.
Posted 2005-10-03 12:08 PM (#31259 - in reply to #31248) Subject: RE: LP TANKS
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Posts: 1719 Location: PA
I've found that the gauges only tell you if the tank is empty, not how much is left in it. I have gotten used to the sound of the tank when you rap your knuckes on it. A full tank has a very low sound but it has a successively higher pitch to it as it gets more empty. One thing a friend taught me is to only allow one tank to be on at a time. When it empties, switch to the other and get the empty one filled. That way you are never out of LP.
Posted 2005-10-03 3:12 PM (#31269 - in reply to #31248) Subject: RE: LP TANKS
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Posts: 225 Location: Kansas City
The magnetic strip measuring devices that I posted are not the greatest -- hence the under $5 price. I've had them come with cheapo gas grills. They only work so-so. You can purchase guages from a propane dealer though I don't know the cost. The most accurate way is to weigh -- that what the dealers do when they fill. But that gets back to the question of not having to take them off the trailer.
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