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40 below

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:52 pm
by DavidBarkey
Well it's forty below and there is a heater in the truck . Well no rodeo for me but sure is stupid cold out there . :coffee: time


Dave

Re: 40 below

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 12:56 pm
by Eugen
Say hi to Santa! :canada: :rofl:

Re: 40 below

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:22 pm
by MattA
-40C = -40F
Better keep those beers inside :cheers:

Re: 40 below

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 3:03 pm
by propane1
Jumpins. That’s cold. If your running any thing propane, you won’t have much pressure in your tanks.

Noel

Re: 40 below

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:10 pm
by DavidBarkey
-41 C / -41.8 degrees here last night with the wind chill , -28 C / 18.4 F without .
All 3 my roosters have a little frost bite . Fortunately its warming back up to more reasonable temps .

Dave

Re: 40 below

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:06 pm
by Timj
Propane57 wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 3:03 pm Jumpins. That’s cold. If your running any thing propane, you won’t have much pressure in your tanks.

Noel
Had that happen once. Pressure was so low the furnace wouldn't work. If I never see that cold again it will be fine with me.

Re: 40 below

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:34 pm
by Eugen
DavidBarkey wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 5:10 pm -41 C / -41.8 degrees here last night with the wind chill , -28 C / 18.4 F without .
All 3 my roosters have a little frost bite . Fortunately its warming back up to more reasonable temps .

Dave
Oh no! It must be really rough on the animals. :(

Re: 40 below

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:04 pm
by Gordy
Timj wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:06 pm
Propane57 wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 3:03 pm Jumpins. That’s cold. If your running any thing propane, you won’t have much pressure in your tanks.

Noel
Had that happen once. Pressure was so low the furnace wouldn't work. If I never see that cold again it will be fine with me.
I thought it happened to me. But was only -25F, I would only get a small puff of flame in the furnace. The tank was showing 60%. I decided to run the kitchen stove for a bit, but again only got a small puff of flame from it also. I tried it a number of times then left the burners on with the igniter snapping away. After 5 to 10 minutes they lit up and stayed on, I reset the furnace and it started and ran fine. I shut the stove off and the furnace ran until the house was up to temp. When the furnace tried to restart it was the same small puff :headbash: I started the stove again,then the furnace. I had to leave one burner of the store set to low and burning to keep the furnace running as it should. Did I mention this was at 2:00 am :headbash:

I called the LP company as soon as they opened, After I told them what happened, they replaced both of the 2 year old regulators.

:cheers:
Gordy

Re: 40 below

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 6:09 am
by propane1
Gordy wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:04 pm
Timj wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:06 pm
Propane57 wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 3:03 pm Jumpins. That’s cold. If your running any thing propane, you won’t have much pressure in your tanks.

Noel
Had that happen once. Pressure was so low the furnace wouldn't work. If I never see that cold again it will be fine with me.
I thought it happened to me. But was only -25F, I would only get a small puff of flame in the furnace. The tank was showing 60%. I decided to run the kitchen stove for a bit, but again only got a small puff of flame from it also. I tried it a number of times then left the burners on with the igniter snapping away. After 5 to 10 minutes they lit up and stayed on, I reset the furnace and it started and ran fine. I shut the stove off and the furnace ran until the house was up to temp. When the furnace tried to restart it was the same small puff :headbash: I started the stove again,then the furnace. I had to leave one burner of the store set to low and burning to keep the furnace running as it should. Did I mention this was at 2:00 am :headbash:

I called the LP company as soon as they opened, After I told them what happened, they replaced both of the 2 year old regulators.

:cheers:
Gordy
Ya Gordy. That was a different problem. Your regulators were froze up. If you warmed the regulators they would work. Warm water , hair dryer or what ever. Once warm they will work. But May freeze again, and maybe not. Moisture in your tanks is what causes that.

Noel

Re: 40 below

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 6:42 am
by DavidBarkey
Gordy wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 11:04 pm
Timj wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:06 pm
Propane57 wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 3:03 pm Jumpins. That’s cold. If your running any thing propane, you won’t have much pressure in your tanks.

Noel
Had that happen once. Pressure was so low the furnace wouldn't work. If I never see that cold again it will be fine with me.
I thought it happened to me. But was only -25F, I would only get a small puff of flame in the furnace. The tank was showing 60%. I decided to run the kitchen stove for a bit, but again only got a small puff of flame from it also. I tried it a number of times then left the burners on with the igniter snapping away. After 5 to 10 minutes they lit up and stayed on, I reset the furnace and it started and ran fine. I shut the stove off and the furnace ran until the house was up to temp. When the furnace tried to restart it was the same small puff :headbash: I started the stove again,then the furnace. I had to leave one burner of the store set to low and burning to keep the furnace running as it should. Did I mention this was at 2:00 am :headbash:

I called the LP company as soon as they opened, After I told them what happened, they replaced both of the 2 year old regulators.

:cheers:
Gordy
No , not fun at all . We are fortunate here we are rural but still on natural gas due to the fact that the main feed for the neighbouring towns go through our front yard .One of the reasons we bought the place .
:cheers:


Dave