Propane to heat

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• Bill&Suze Member Posts: 174

  April 18

  If you don't mind buying an app for that, download Tank Check by Mopeka.

  Susan & Bill, Yarmouth, Maine
  2024 T@B 400 Boondock Black Canyon
  2024 Kia EV9

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• qhumberd Administrator, Moderator Posts: 768

  April 18

  @Gkopan There are a lot of variables to consider, so it will be hard to judge until you actually start using the Alde. Also consider if you will use the stove burners. Biggest unknow is how low he temps will be while camping. Having said that, many folks use a propane monitor to judge the rate of usage.
  
  i tried the Mopeka and could not get it to work well but others like it. We don't go out for enough days for it to matter for us.
  
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  2016 Toyota Tundra 5.7 Crew Cab

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• Gkopan Member Posts: 44

  April 18

  What about 1 bodies three consecutive nights @30°F for 5 consecutive nighthours, with heat set @ 65°? Would a full 20# tank do it?

  2021 T@B 400 Boondock; TV: 2019 F150 3.5 EB

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• WayneW Member Posts: 253

  April 18

  Yes. We just got off an 18 day trip w various lows, but down to 29. Thermostat set at 65 or 66. We cooked inside because of the wind. Sometimes we had shore power but often ran on propane. Started at full and now the Mopeka says 58%.  There are a lot of BTUs in a 20 lb tank and the Alde is quite efficient. Ours is a 320 so there will be a difference there. 

  
  

  I really like the Mopeka. Ease of mind knowing what the tank level is. 

  2021 320S BD
  2017 F-150
  Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
  

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• Gkopan Member Posts: 44

  April 19

  Thanks, all.

  2021 T@B 400 Boondock; TV: 2019 F150 3.5 EB

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• pthomas745 Administrator, Moderator Posts: 4,521

  April 19

  There is a "Travels With Delaney" video that describes the Alde propane use pretty closely.  If you read the manual down in the fine print they do explain how much propane the Alde uses.  Somewhere...there is a thread breaking it down here in this group, but I'll have to keep digging to find it.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdT1FpUOcAw

  
  

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  Towed by 2014 Touareg TDi
  

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• Gomers2 Member Posts: 116

  April 20

  Yes, you should be fine with gas for that duration.
  The basic Mopeka Tank Check device and app are great. ***Just remember to take the dang sensor and little feet off before you put the empty tank into the self serve vending machine!!!***
  Don't ask me how I know. 
  

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