How to install a propane tank pressure gauge on a gas grill
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- How to install a propane tank pressure gauge onto a gas grill. These gauges do work if you know how to use them right. To read our entire article abut them follow this link: www.4thegrill....
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Whether or not you have to remove the tank depends on your BBQ. With mine, I can add it after I put the tank in place. Another consideration is whether there's room for the gauge. Again on mine, there is barely enough. Also, while temperature will affect the pressure, it measured in Kelvins, or degrees Celsius above absolute 0 (Charles's law). This means the effect temperature on pressure is not as great as you might think if you're talking about temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit. I got my gauge a couple of years ago.
I enjoyed your brief concise and clear video. Thank you.
So useful. I saved this for safe keeping. Thank you.
THAT’S TRUE... OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE (COLD/HOT) AFFECTS THE ACCURATE READING OF THE GAUGE. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO.👍🏼👍🏼
Just got one at Lowes and attached it for my Blackstone grill. Went on easily and registered the amount of propane in the tank.
thanks for the info. i drive a forklift at work and it has a gauge so we know when to swap. and i just thought, why dont i have a gauge on my propane bbq grill so i dont have to worry about getting a ride for propane after drinking some beers.
great job!! very helpful, leak detector was a big sell.........hey i live in the hot south 90+ temps , and my patio faces the sun, is it ok to have the propane tank out there attached to the grill in teh summer bbq season? i hear the tank should not face the sunlight, but thats hard4me? thanks!
thank you, this is what I want, thank you for your amazon link.
GREAT tip info, the fuel gauge has a leak detector…never knew this. I still use the fuel gauge! THANKS
I just saw one of those today at HD and wondered if I ought to get one for my gas firepit? Also, glad you mentioned the way to know if you have a leak.
Thank you...
Should you turn the valve off after each use or leave it on?
I am watching your video and if I put the gauge on and turn on the tank to make sure it works and the. Turn off the tank the gauge should go back to empty right? Or does that mean I have a leak
I just bought this gauge and a brand new propane tank, when I hooked both up it was already in the yellow. I do live in the north west so it is cold here for sure is that why the gauge is saying the tank is low on gas even though it is brand new?
thank you, easy good video.
Excellent video, thank you so much!
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thanks!!!! are the in line gauges safe to keep them on long term? even through winter? and just look at the gauge readings before you are ready to cook? and detach once you are ready to swap out the tank?
Just got a new one and got nothing when I attachéd it. Home Depot special
Very helpful thank you
got a gas tank gauge. just like on in video exactly
cost me $25. dollars, brand new
, all sudden kept saying leaking new tank was empty.
when had it on kept it was leaking, checked found nothing?
and propane weren't work.
took it off gauge and grill works, fine again.
maybe just bad one
I don't recommend.
Save your money!
Those are a joke, they can not tell you how much propane is in the tank.
It will show you the pressure in the tank not the level of the liquid or how much propane in the tank.
The Pressure of the propane in the tank is dependent on the temperature of the tank. As the temperature changes the pressure in the tank changes.
Propane is not a liquid when it leaves the tank it become a gas. So when it leaves out of the tank it's a gas going through the line. The gauge is reading pressure of the gas not liquid. The less the Liquid the less Pressure in the tank leaving as a gas. I've never had a problem with one yet but he's right there's people that don't know how to use them and he's right on the yellow you will only get one to two cooks tops.
Hi thanks formthe info. That is the same whit a 100 galons ?
So bottom line is, once the needle hits the yellow zone, replace/refill tank correct?
I’ve had one of these gauges for a few years now and just recently I got a refilled tank and when I installed the gauge on the new tank and opened the valve, it was reading no gas is all.
Just for safe measure I returned it and replaced it at the store and brought the new one home and I got the same result. I’ve never had this happen before. Is the gauge just simply worn out and it needs to be replaced? I ended up installing the tank without that gauge and it worked just fine
Works great on my grill, but my propane generator shuts down when using a gauge.
Useless gimmicks for the stabilized pressure in 80% full tank is the same as the pressure in a 20% full tank if the tanks are at the same temperature. What good is that?
Wait! What? You just installed the gauge. You know it doesn't have the correct reading for what's in the tank. And you're okay with that? What am I missing?
It's a function of what the gauge is reading. It's reading pressure, not fuel amount. Propane has a high vapor pressure. The gauge is correctly showing the regulated vapor pressure out of the tank but that's not a direct correlation to the liquid fuel level. The tank is filled with liquid propane that literally boils to a gas almost immediately when the valve is opened due to the pressure lowering inside the tank when the valve is opened. That gas then escapes through the valve opening (that has a pressure regulator on it) and then into your grill or whatever. When the valve is closed, the liquid still converts to gas until the pressure rises to a point that stops the process. So, the pressure inside remains nearly constant no matter the fuel level. A tank could contain 85% liquid and 15% gas (mostly full), or 25% liquid and 75% gas (nearly empty), and it could still show in the green section of the pressure gauge because the same amount of pressure is being exerted, but the amount of fuel creating that pressure is nearly gone.
Think of your car. Your car is filled with liquid fuel that is pushed through your car at a certain pressure. That pressure does not change whether the tank is full or nearly empty. Your car's fuel pressure gauge will read a constant pressure whether your fuel tank is full or whether the low gas light is on. This is because your fuel tank level is different than its fuel pressure. The fuel pressure gauge won't show a significant change in pressure until there is no more gas to push through the fuel line (again, assuming the fuel pump is working correctly). Same concept with a propane pressure gauge.
my tank does not have a large screw on place like that, I use it for the instant hot water thingi and never know when it's empty till its too late and I'm in the shower! what can i use?
The link to the article is dead
when did famous actor JT Walsh, rise from the dead and work for Lowes? wtf..........
The crazy thing is I have this gauge I have no fucking idea what to do with that I'd bought it because I thought it was a fucking tool to get the propane out of my other tank and into this tank but it doesn't do that how do I get the goddamn liquid propane out of my own board into my barbecue style
Any Hvac tech will tell you that this is a gimmick.
Just look up saturation pressure vs temperature of any refrigerant (LP is a refrigerant)! This will tell you when you have almost nothing but gas left in your tank!
Colin Powell ?
Restricts flows. Not worth a damn. Throw it away.
Observation: These are nearly worthless.
They only "indicate" remaing fuel at the last moments before empty.
Why make the video?
Your video s/b to warn naive people, not to sell them on it.
I suppose it’s better know when it’s nearly empty.. than to not know at all until it’s fully empty.
@@Escape_the_Idiocracy yes I can see that use, thanks
Wait a second, so this gauge doesn't tell you accurately how much propane you have left in the tank? What the hell good is that? I can shake it or pick it up if I want 'an estimate" of what's left. What the hell is so good about the gauge? I get it, no one wants to have the cylinder run out of gas while you are cooking, but geez just heft the damn thing, if it's lite, change it. Well, maybe the leak thing is valuable.....
It tells you when you're getting low which is what matters
I am never going to read it just tell me
Why don’t you tell us how to use one properly? Please?
He did.