Plumbing my new propane tank.

[rubantin]

I just purchased a 150 gallon propane tank for my garage. I have 1000 gallon for my house. I have a nipco 100,000BTU blower heater that I heat my garage with using 20LB tanks. I figured the tanks were costing me twice as much compared to what I am paying for my propane tank. So, I now have a small tank 6 feet from my garage. My question is.. How to best plumb and regulate the tank for use with my nipco blower heater. The nipco already has it's own regulator at the end of it's 12 ft hose for the normal 20LB use...

I am looking for cheap and easy...lol

 

[bjcouche]

OK, first of all, if you read the manual on your 100,000BTU torpedo heater, it would tell you it's not for use on 20lb tanks and needs like 60 or 100lb tanks due to the huge amount of propane it will consume, and likely freeze up a small 20lb tank...
And to answer your question, cheap and redneck?? Drill a hole in your garage wall and fish your 12' heater hose through. Connect the regulator to your tank on one end and your heater on the other end. The fittings on the 100lb, 150gal, and 500gal tanks are the same. The fittings for the BBQ grill 20lb tanks are different.. but you likely already know that because you had to buy an adapter to use your 20lb tanks on a heater that out of the box likely had a fitting for a 100lb tank.

The right way isn't so cheap or redneck. It involves adding a primary regulator at the tank and a secondary regulator at your garage, and running some black pipe.

I've done some "temporary" installations before so I'm not judging....
Brian

 

[BD1]

Call your propane supplier , safest and probably cheapest.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Some things are best left to the pro's

 

[Lewisthepilgrim]

just curious, why did you buy a 150lb tank? Doesn't the propane company just bring one, and fill it ??

 

[nsula_country]

just curious, why did you buy a 150lb tank? Doesn't the propane company just bring one, and fill it ??

OP said 150 gallon.

CT

 

[Lewisthepilgrim]

OP said 150 gallon.

CT

either way, why would you buy one?

 

[walrus]

either way, why would you buy one?

Because you can shop price. Propane prices vary around here from 1.25 to 4 bucks a gallon.

 

[Dustin Echoes]

I actually work in the trade, and do a lot of residential, and garage propane heat. Call your supplier, get a service guy to install it properly. If you already have the heater, and tank, the rest is not that expensive. Nevermind keeping it safe, it will also keep it working properly. Nobody likes to fix their heat supply when they're cold!

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[mygarageone]

150 gallon tank won’t last long either. You’ll get 92,000 btu’s per gallon of propane , so that’s what you looking at .