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Propane Delivery and Automatic Refill Discussion

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Snowed in and running out of HEAT!

What happens here

The propane delivery truck arrives to fill the tank. The driver fills 361.2 gallons into the 500-gallon tank (which is standard as tanks are only filled to 80% for safety reasons, or 400 gallons in this case). The narrator discusses with the driver the importance of automatic refill programs to avoid running out, as manual monitoring can be unreliable (especially if the tank is not level, which can affect gauge readings). The driver confirms the company offers automatic refills, which are triggered when the tank reaches 20-30% capacity, without emergency charges.

Goal: Successfully refill the propane tank and arrange for future automatic deliveries.

Tools and materials

  • Propane Gauge — Measuring propane levels (on the tank)
  • Propane Tank — Storing propane for the cabin
  • Propane — Heating the cabin

What they say

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she is good you can get all the way in here no problems now if I can just get the propane truck to come tomorrow left outside and I heard a weird noise foreign beautiful sound of propane gushing into my tank is here they're here he said it was he said it was okay I talked to him I can smell the propane see how many gallons they put in a 500 gallon tank this should be interesting that'll tell us how low that was so how many gallons did you end up putting in a 500 gallon propane tank I did because they can only fill to 80 percent 361.2 because if it goes over 8 for you to run Vapor you don't run liquid in your house right yep so you have to have you can't fill them 100 right yeah you can never put 500 gallons in there 425 is Max 425 is Max Max on a 500 gallon so we still had 80 gallons of okay but it does look like your tank has a little bit of lean to it okay so next summer we're about to come out another one okay well it doesn't really affect anything does it affect how it reads the gauge a little bit it can so the more the tank leans the more the gauge could be thrown off like these are just a float gauge in there oh so like a in a vehicle there so if it's tipped weird it might not I float right okay so all right try to mess it up I can tell you the last time we were here sure did it show that we've called in in early December yeah [Music] first have you're at 10 we call the beginning of December then again on the 27th and then again so automatic bill cheese but why not and then if you ever run out of business on Saturday no no emergency charges why wouldn't the guy do that some people don't like it because they don't have control over it yeah okay I'll take that I'll weigh that loss of control over never worrying about having cocaine if you come out when it's at 30 percent 20 to 30 foreign so you can round okay okay and if you guys screw up then there's no leak test there's no sniff test we got to pay for nothing as long as right okay thank you sir appreciate it good one yeah you too oh careful there

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