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Originally Posted by gford10480
....on a side note, is anyone experiencing frost on the lp tank being used?
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That is very common and this is the explanation from another site:
"To make sense, it helps to first explain how LPG works. LPG is stored under pressure, as a liquid, in a gas bottle. It turns back into a gas by 'boiling' into gas vapour. This happens at the very low temperature of -42°C. To boil, the liquid LPG draws heat from the steel walls of the gas bottle. This, in turn, makes the gas bottle feel colder than the ambient temperature. The gas bottle gets even colder when you are actually using the gas. So, with sufficient humidity and when you are using gas very rapidly, condensation or ice can form on the gas bottle. The visible condensation or frost line indicates the level of the liquid gas remaining in the gas bottle."
I have had those 1 pound propane bottles frost over in the middle of the summer if the rate of propane usage is high enough.