Description
This is the capacity most homes should have bought first: enough headroom that the gauge is never a source of anxiety.
It comfortably carries central heating, hot water, a cooking range and a dryer on one property.
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.
Specification
- Total capacity: 500 gallons
- Fillable volume: approximately 400 gallons
- Mass of propane at full fill: approximately 1,696 lb
- Energy content when full: approximately 37 million BTU
- Installation: Underground (buried)
- Certification: ASME stamped
- Condition: New
- Fuel: Propane / LPG
Siting notes
A buried vessel keeps its coating only if the backfill is right and the anode is connected and working. Those two details are what separate a thirty-year installation from an expensive excavation in year eight.
Installation is a licensed trade. We will get the vessel to your site on an insured carrier; setting, connecting and commissioning it is work for a qualified propane contractor.
Condition and certification
New and uncommissioned, supplied with the manufacturer’s warranty and the complete certification record.
Valves and fittings are inspected as a set. A vessel goes out with a working gauge and a relief valve in date, or it does not go out.
Cost of ownership
A tank you own has no rental charge attached to it, and no clause tying you to one supplier’s posted price.
Before you commit
If you are between two capacities, go up. A tank that never drops below about 30% refills more cheaply per gallon and spends less of its life on the supplier’s emergency list.
Have the appliance ratings to hand when you call. Total BTU and the climate decide the capacity; everything else is siting.
