Description
The standard domestic bulk tank. Heat, hot water, cooking and a dryer on one vessel, refilled a couple of times a year rather than monthly.
Specified to cover an entire home’s gas load through a full heating season.
Filled to the 80% limit this vessel holds about 400 gallons of propane — roughly 37 million BTU, or about 1,696 lb of product. Against a steady 100,000 BTU/hr load that is roughly 15 days of continuous running before it needs refilling.
Against the 330 gallon it buys real headroom; against the 1,000 it saves footprint and pad. That trade-off is usually decided by the site, not the load.
Technical details
- Total capacity: 500 gallons
- Usable propane at 80% fill: approximately 400 gallons
- Mass of propane at full fill: approximately 1,696 lb
- Stored energy when full: approximately 37 million BTU
- Installation: Above ground
- Certification: ASME and DOT stamped
- Condition: Confirmed on your invoice
- Fuel: Propane / LPG
Getting it on site
Above ground means the vessel can be repainted, re-valved and re-certified in place. Over a thirty-year life that accessibility is worth more than the visual advantage of burying it.
We supply and deliver; we do not install. A propane vessel must be set and commissioned by a licensed propane professional under NFPA 58 and your local code.
What you receive
The exact condition and specification are confirmed in writing before you pay, along with the test record for the vessel itself.
Every fitting is checked against the vessel’s specification, and the relief valve date is confirmed before dispatch.
The economics
Capacity is cheap compared with delivery. The incremental cost of the next size up is usually recovered within a few heating seasons.
Before you commit
Tell us the delivery ZIP when you enquire and we will quote the tank and the freight in the same reply, including any access surcharge — not after you have paid.
Think about the delivery vehicle as well as the tank. A site a bulk truck cannot reach turns a cheap refill into an expensive one for the rest of the tank’s life.
