Buddy Heater propane supply question

  • smokinbobo
    Monticello / Guthrie, MN
    Posts: 382
    November 5, 2017 at 6:38 am #1725498

    Guys,

    Bought a new 4.25 lb propane cylinder for use with my buddy heater in the portable this winter in place of the big 20 lber. I had it purged and filled last week and put it to the test yesterday in the deer stand. I noted a sputtering flame throughout the day and it only lasted about 6 hours before I was out of fuel with the heater on the low setting.

    I’m thinking the tank was not fully purged and therefore not actually full as I expected to get a weekend out of it.

    What are others experiences with these small tank’s?

    PS,. Heater fired right up and is nice and quiet on the 20lber this morning as I sit here waiting for it to get light out.

    Sam
    St.Francis
    Posts: 384
    November 5, 2017 at 7:08 am #1725502

    Not properly purged. There was still air and moisture in the tank

    bullcans
    Northfield MN
    Posts: 2004
    November 5, 2017 at 9:57 am #1725542

    Curious…
    What’s a Steve small tank?
    Where do you find them?

    smokinbobo
    Monticello / Guthrie, MN
    Posts: 382
    November 5, 2017 at 10:17 am #1725546

    Sorry – “Steve small tank” should have been “these small tanks”. Edited to correct. Thanks…

    bullcans
    Northfield MN
    Posts: 2004
    November 5, 2017 at 11:23 am #1725553
    smokinbobo wrote:

    Sorry – “Steve small tank” should have been “these small tanks”. Edited to correct. Thanks…

    No prob
    Thought there was something new out that i didn’t know about!

    travis mccolley
    Posts: 78
    November 5, 2017 at 11:50 am #1725558

    the five pounders are sweet.

    Got mine at fleet

    but yeah it did not get purged properly

    Sam
    St.Francis
    Posts: 384
    November 5, 2017 at 6:44 pm #1725617

    I don’t know how propane suppliers don’t know how to properly purge a tank. I had to watch a 3 minute video and knew how to purge tanks properly it’s almost as easy as filling a tank.

    gotalunker
    Zimmerman, MN
    Posts: 153
    November 6, 2017 at 8:00 am #1725710

    +1 on the purge issue

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