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Offline brewsumore

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Re: Ran out of propane at 45 min into the boil
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2015, 12:00:45 am »
Four 20's and one 40 for me.  I use up the 20's and refill all at the same time, with the big one always there as back-up.  Two of the 20's also get swapped to 2 BBQ's.

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Re: Ran out of propane at 45 min into the boil
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2015, 11:48:15 am »
I've got 6 20's, if I run out I'm an idiot:)
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Re: Ran out of propane at 45 min into the boil
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2015, 12:36:51 pm »
My propane company says that the most that they can let me drive home with is 60 lbs total.  I don't know if it is a law or regulation or their own safety standard but I have made 2 trips before....hence the need to rotate the supply correctly!
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Re: Ran out of propane at 45 min into the boil
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2015, 06:00:57 pm »
My propane company says that the most that they can let me drive home with is 60 lbs total.  I don't know if it is a law or regulation or their own safety standard but I have made 2 trips before....hence the need to rotate the supply correctly!
Never heard of that but I suppose it could be a law, I simply swap tanks at Lowes and very rarely am I doing all 6 at the same time, usually 3-4 at a time.
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Re: Ran out of propane at 45 min into the boil
« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2015, 11:36:56 am »
I am in the 1 for brewing, 1 for grill, and 1 for back up camp, all standard 20# tanks. I ran out 1 time even with these circumstances. The grill tank was not nearly as full as I expected it to be in the middle of winter: silly me, why would I expect it to be full in December? Luckily, I was just heating sparge water, ran for a refill and my mash was 120 minutes vs the expected 90. It all worked out and I am sure yours will as well
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