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> On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:19:56 -0400,
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>> On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 10:59:09 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/15/2019 10:06 AM,
wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:22:43 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 6/14/2019 11:56 AM,
wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:29:20 -0400, Dave Smith
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2019-06-14 10:58 a.m., jay wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sounds like a nice grill.* I would much prefer to assemble my own things
>>>>>>>> than have the store do it.* You will at least know you used all the
>>>>>>>> parts and torqued everything adequately. I use a gas grill a lot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am too damned impulsive. I should have planned ahead and had a gas
>>>>>>> line installed and got the NG model.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can still hook it up to gas, a bulk propane tank, a fifty gallon
>>>>>> tank is small and will last all season, maybe two seasons, Ours is
>>>>>> connected to a 500 gallon tank that we use for heating and regular
>>>>>> cooking, but we have a 50 gallon tank that heats my small work shop.
>>>>>> The propane company comes to fill up the tanks and the propane costs
>>>>>> less than bringing your small tank to be filled.
>>>>>> Weber gas grills will operate on both natural gas or propane, there's
>>>>>> a kit to make the conversion.
>>>>>>
>>>>> You're assuming everyone has a place to put a big propane tank and uses
>>>>> it to also heat the house.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jill
>>>>
>>>> I'm assuming nothing, every size house lot has room, a 50 gallon tank
>>>> is small, no larger than a computer chair or a trash can and can be
>>>> hidden by a small shrub... can also be placed in the ground with only
>>>> the fill exposed. A 50 gallon propane tank is the perect size for a
>>>> gas grill plus a kitchen stove.
>>>>
>>> UH... you were talking about a *500* gallon tank, not a 50 gallon tank.
>>>
>>> Jill

>
> You neglected to comprehend my first sentence;
> "You can still hook it up to gas, a bulk propane tank, a fifty gallon
> tank is small and will last all season, maybe two seasons,"
>
> Every homeowner has plenty of room for a 50 gallon propane tank, 4'
> tall x 3' wide:
>
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> The typical grill tank that most people need to have refilled or
> exchanged is filled by weight (20 pounds). A 50 gallon tank is filled
> by gallons, and its capacity is equal to more than twenty of those 20
> pound grill tanks. Also for safety and proper operation all propane
> tanks are filled to no more than 80% of their capacity. The 50 gallon
> tank is supplied with a gauge so that one will know when to contact
> their propane supplier for a refill. A 50 gallon propane tank is very
> adequate for smaller restaurants... one or two will be adequate to
> heat a small house (1,000 sqft).
>


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