What is the rate of propane fuel required to heat a typical shower or How many showers to a 20 lb tank?
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On an average you can get at least 12 showers if they are not long ones about 10 minutes to 15 minutes long
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Occupants has nothing to do with this question , it's gallons per minute{ GPM} The hot water flow that you need is what you need to know, Input water temp. has little effect when buying like I do, With a bucket measure the water flow at a shower if it's 1.5gal a minute then buy a 3GPM unit and you will love it like I do mine. Remember over kill is best
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On small tank at least five batches ,depends on what your frying. Its well worth the propane.
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Per another site (https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081023082349AAiiA4y) there are 433,000 BTU in a 20lb (BBQ size) tank. At max, the Mr Heater is rated for 45,000BTU/hr. 433,000/45,000 = 9.62 hours of run time. At min, it is rated at 10,000BTU/hr. 433,000/10,000 = 43.3 hours of run time.
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I don't know if that is answerable. Would depend on ambient temp and other factors. My guess is 1 or 2 feet max though. The aquarium heater I have in a 40 gallon tank is only 40 watts and it cycles on and off and can raise the temp 20 degrees above ambient I think without being on all the time. So for just 2.5 gallons I wouldn't think you would need very much @ 20 watts per foot.
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I wouldn't say no problems! Some places have a minimum amount they sell and it's 20 lbs. where I live in norther ca. 90% of the places that sell propane won't fill my tank because of that minimum. Unless you want to buy their minimum amount.
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The smaller tank has less volume of gas, propane is liquid that "boils" to a gas that is the actual fuel. In colder weather smaller tanks have a hard time keeping up with high output. Even a 20 lb. tank won't run burner well if it is really cold. Summer or with a hot work light pointed right at the tank then no reason not to use the smaller tank.
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It uses a 1 pound can of propane OR- I use a propane tree and a 20 pound bulk propane bottle (that a grill bottle)
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I can't answer you with a specific gallon amount but I can tell you that I've been using mine for probably 20 weekends over the last year, averaging about 2 showers per weekend, and I haven't gone thru a tank yet.
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I don't know the psi, but I use a 20 lb propane bottle that a typical propane grill uses.
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A 40 Gallon should have a 200 watt heater... it's 5 watts per gallon is the normal requirement
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Per another site (https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081023082349AAiiA4y) there are 433,000 BTU in a 20lb (BBQ size) tank. At max, the Mr Heater is rated for 45,000BTU/hr. 433,000/45,000 = 9.62 hours of run time.At min, it is rated at 10,000BTU/hr. 433,000/10,000 = 43.3 hours of run time.
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Hello Kim, Thank you for your question. You've provided one key piece of information we need to answer the question, the incoming water temp. But we also need to know which hot water points of use that you might use at the same time, and the flow rates of each. Let's assume they are one shower at 1.5 GPM and one sink at 1 GPM. That's a total flow rate of 2.5 GPM. This heater provides a temp increase of 40F at 2.5 GPM. 45F + 40F = 85F. Therefore, the 10L is way too "small" of a tankless heater. We recommend the 16L which gives a 57F temp increase at 2.5 GPM. 45F + 57F = 102F which is slightly hot water for most people. Kind Regards, Ross GadgetsGo
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The tank shown is just disposable. If you are using the heater to heat a garage I would recommend you purchase the hose and adapter to connect to a 20lb. propane tank. Running the heater on high I have been hard pressed to get more than 4 hours per 1lb tank.
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It will heat as many gallons as you have propane to heat it. Ours is attached to a hose faucet with a two way joint attached. One goes to the heater and one to use for the garden hose. You could then have a hose instead of a showerhead. I might be a problem to attach and un-attach all the time. Ours is done pretty much permanently. We had a handy man install but my husband is not good at this sort of thing. It works beautifully. Hope this helps. It is confusing until you actually have the heater and see how it works,
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On a low setting a 20lbs tank will last 20 hrs. On a high setting it will last 8. Heat raises so not much insulation is needed. My tank is 1' below the fire.
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Propane conversion is 4.22 pounds per gallon. 100 pounds equals 23.8 gallons