Sylvia See on mon 7 apr 97
Thanks Sam;
I am going to investigate this. It is a real pain having to lug these
100lb tanks in the middle of firing, and if it helps with the freezing
problem it would sure help. Would it also help being able to fire in the
winter, do you know? There have been some winters in the past, (not the
last couple of years hee hee) that we actually had some great chinooks that
lasted for several days, and certainly was warm enough to fire, body-wise,
if we could keep the darn propane from freezing.
I live in town and to help matters, on the edge of the golf course, so our
backyard faces the golfcourse, and that is where I have my setup for
firing. I'm not sure if they can get in to fill the tanks, but I am going
to ask and find out. Not sure how the neighbors would respond to a large
tank, on our property here either. Might devalue their property you know.
One of the pain-in-the-necks that I have to deal with in our present
location, but then when we built here 14 yrs ago, I had never seen clay let
alone made anything with it so I am stuck with the situation and making the
best of it. I am really going to push for this as I am presently making
castles and they are too big for my electric kiln. Am going to try to build
a clay and fiber kiln that I can fire with propane for them and hope to get
it up close to cone 10 as I am firing cone 10 raku clay and I really like
it at maturity.
Thanks again. I think you have the answer, now if I can get past the red
tape I will be setup.
Sylvia See Claresholm, Alta sylviac@telusplanet.net
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Sylvia See on wed 9 apr 97
Hi Daniel;
Thanks for the input on the propane. I however, have no intentions of
heating my propane, that was a suggestion that came through the posts as
way to keep them from freezing that I also thought was pretty scarry.
Am investigating the possiblity of getting a large tank in town, but
haven't found out yet if it is possible. If not am going to investigate
using a series of tanks.
Sylvia See Claresholm, Alta sylviac@telusplanet.net
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Tom Buck on tue 22 oct 02
Cheryl:
the propane in the pressure bottle exists mostly as liquid.
propane stays liquid at 50+ F, 10C in the high pressure bottle. but some
liquid will go to solid as the liquid changes to gas endothermically
(takes heat from itself). so you have to input some heat energy. over the
outside of the bottle have a gentle flow of standard tap water (say at 60
F, 15C) going at all times to keep the propane from freezing to a solid.
this is especially needed as you drain the bottle and near 20% of the
original content. you can of course also use a "water-bath" of WARM water
(not hot) in which sits the bottle.
good pots. peace. Tom B.
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