Description
The default for a propane-heated home, and the size against which every other domestic option gets compared.
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.
In our range it sits between the 330 gallon and the 1,000 gallon. If the load is borderline, the 1,000 is the safer buy and the freight is the same either way.
Specification
- Water capacity: 500 gallons
- Working volume (80% fill): approximately 400 gallons
- Filled product weight: approximately 1,696 lb
- Energy held when full: approximately 37 million BTU
- Installation: Above ground
- Certification: ASME stamped
- Condition: Confirmed on your invoice
- Fuel: Propane / LPG
Siting notes
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
Whether new or certified used, nothing ships without a live stamp, a passed pressure test and the documentation to prove both.
Fittings are verified before the vessel leaves the yard: relief valve condition, gauge operation, and clean threads on every connection.
Refills and running costs
Buying propane in summer and storing it through winter is the oldest saving in this trade, and it only works if the vessel is big enough to be worth filling.
Before you order
Order ahead of the season if you can. Everyone specifies propane storage in the first cold week, and that is the worst week to be waiting on freight.
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.
