Posted by vaughn on June 25, 2010, 9:24 am
>Even without that technology, they'll come and top up on a regular
>basis once your useage pattern has been established.
I don't know that the OP's tanks are for, but remember that standby generators
have no constant fuel usage pattern, expect whatever gas is used by periodic
exercising. Also, in the middle of a long general power failure, it is
somewhere between difficult and impossible to get a fuel delivery.
Vaughn
Posted by hallerb@aol.com on June 25, 2010, 9:50 am
> >Even without that technology, they'll come and top up on a regular
> >basis once your useage pattern has been established.
> I don't know that the OP's tanks are for, but remember that standby generators
> have no constant fuel usage pattern, expect whatever gas is used by periodic
> exercising. Also, in the middle of a long general power failure, it is
> somewhere between difficult and impossible to get a fuel delivery.
> Vaughn
could they add a valve and piping to parell the tanks in a emergency?
Posted by Gary Heston on June 26, 2010, 10:35 am
>Are there auto-changeover propane regulators (or separate auto-changeover
>devices) for fixed (2x 1000 gallon) tanks? The propane company putting in
>my tanks had not heard of this, and Google searches turn up only ones for
>small RV tanks. [ ... ]
Have you tried contacting the manufacturer of the RV regulators and asking
them? If they don't make one, they may know who does and can point you in
the right direction.
Gary
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Posted by Ecnerwal on June 28, 2010, 8:46 am
ddl@danlan.*com (Dan Lanciani) wrote:
> Are there auto-changeover propane regulators (or separate auto-changeover
> devices) for fixed (2x 1000 gallon) tanks? The propane company putting in
> my tanks had not heard of this, and Google searches turn up only ones for
> small RV tanks. Ideally something with a remote indicator would be nice;
> I could arrange for the computer to email me to call for a delivery...
Well, they are certainly bone stock standard for 100 lb portable tanks
(not generally seen on RVs, commonly seen beside houses with gas stoves
and dryers away from gas lines, up until the 250lb pigs become more
standard.) Any propane company that changes tanks rather than running a
tanker truck should have them - I don't know if they would have
limitations that would not permit connecting a 1000 lb tank. Remote
indicator is standard, but you'll need to come up with the electronics
part of it if you want a computer to report the little red ring showing
in the indicator. Usually it's just run on it's little copper tube to
the closest window, so the homeowner can look out and see the red.
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>basis once your useage pattern has been established.