Description
This is the capacity that covers a modest heating load properly, which is more than most people expect from a tank this size.
Suited to properties heating two or three rooms properly rather than a whole large house.
Filled to the 80% limit this vessel holds about 200 gallons of propane — roughly 18 million BTU, or about 848 lb of product. Against a steady 100,000 BTU/hr load that is roughly 8 days of continuous running before it needs refilling.
Against the 200 gallon it buys real headroom; against the 320 it saves footprint and pad. That trade-off is usually decided by the site, not the load.
Specification
- Rated water capacity: 250 gallons
- Working volume (80% fill): approximately 200 gallons
- Mass of propane at full fill: approximately 848 lb
- Stored energy when full: approximately 18 million BTU
- Installation: Above ground
- Certification: ASME stamped
- Condition: Certified used — inspected and pressure tested
- Fuel: Propane / LPG
Installation and siting
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.
Our responsibility ends at the delivery; a licensed propane contractor takes it from there. Codes on siting, clearances and commissioning are not optional and not ours to sign off.
What you receive
Inspected, tested and documented. A certified used tank is the sensible buy for anyone who cares more about a live stamp than about paintwork.
The gauge and the relief valve get particular attention — an unreadable gauge causes bad decisions and a tired relief valve causes worse ones.
Running costs
Owning the tank rather than leasing it means you choose the supplier. That single change is usually worth more over five years than the difference in purchase price between capacities.
Worth knowing before you buy
Size against the real load, not the optimistic one. A vessel one size too small costs more across ten years of refills than the larger one did on the day you bought it.
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.
