Putting a 80,000btu mr heater in my 30×30 shed. Was thinking of running 2 100# tanks to it so i could switch them and refill. Anyone have a ball park idea how fast it will burn through lp? Maybe i need a 400# tank. Not looking to keep it more than 45-50 deg in there just melt the snow off the atv and keep ice fishing gear dried out.
There’s a hundred variables to your question.
How well it’s insulated
What type of insulation
If the foundation insulated
How warm you set plan to keep it
How often you open the doors
Ceiling height
Where you live
Etc, etc
If you live in Minnesota and plan on keeping it above 40 degrees all of the time, I’d get a 500 gallon tank with a contract.
For your needs and to save on propane, I’d look into framing and insulating a smaller room inside the garage (like a 10×15′ to thaw out the toys)
your gonna need A bigger tank unless you want to refill and haul tanks ALOT
I would highly recommend a larger tank, 100# only hold roughly 22 gallons of lp and when it’s cold out you won’t be able to get all the BTU’s out of tank.
That’s what I did when I heated my garage, didn’t go through more than a couple tanks a month, mine was a 24×32. It doesn’t use much when only heating to 50….I would normally turn mine up to 65 on the weekends to work out there. Having 2 ranks should work out good, I still have 1 tank if you want to buy it, it is the newer style.
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