-=> Mike Powell wrote to JAS HUD <=-

 >  >  JH> ps my tanks have been sitting outside in -20 windchill this year.
 >  >
 >  >  I think it was more a function of the 15 feet of snow surrounding the
 >  >  tank.

 > what would that do? do you think the snow would crush the tanks?
 > it hasnt crushed anything outside where i live and we've had lots of snow
some

 MP> Based on his earlier posts, I wondered if maybe some of the pipe
 MP> leading from the tanks to the houses/cabins was not burried deep
 MP> enough, or maybe the installers did something else that didn't
 MP> take the cold and snow into account.

 MP> They are probably used to it in Wisconsin but, in California, if
 MP> the company that handled the install was not from the snowy
 MP> mountain area they may not have installed it right.

Real-world cold would not affect propane tanks at all.  Propane is 
stored in the tank as a liquid, which freezes at -306 degrees F.  Yes, 
you read that right.  It *boils* (turns to vapor) at -44 degrees F.  So, 
at VERY cold temps (-30 to -40 F), there won't be much pressure coming 
out of the tank, and a gas grill may not work well.  At no point would 
there be *ANY* danger of a tank exploding from cold.


... I was on a roll till I slipped on the butter.
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