Storage Tank (Yeah!!)

[chuck172]

Well, against my better judgement I picked up a 500 gallon Storage/Propane tank. The price was right. Especially compared to what is out there on the market.

 

[Willman]

You gonna mount it up or down ? How about tapping's ? Installed inside house or out in shed ? Your truck looks like it handled the weight alright. Guess it helps to have a loader around.
Will

 

[chuck172]

I'm gonna mount it horizontal. I've gotta weld in tappings. Tank seems in pretty good shape. Better than I expected. I took out the drain and flushed it out a little. No gunk or smell. I can hardly smell any odor in the tank at all. I'll flush it out a few times then fill it up with water, say a few "Hail Mary's" and go at it.

 

[waterflea]

Where on the tank are you going to put the new fittings? How are you going to do it?

 

[waterflea]

I have 3 500's. One for vertical storage in my shop and two for horizontal storage connected in series for my house. I'm almost ready to move forward
with the new fittings but I'm looking for some input from others who have done it and have been successful.

 

[leaddog]

I'm gonna mount it horizontal. I've gotta weld in tappings. Tank seems in pretty good shape. Better than I expected. I took out the drain and flushed it out a little. No gunk or smell. I can hardly smell any odor in the tank at all. I'll flush it out a few times then fill it up with water, say a few "Hail Mary's" and go at it.

If you are going to set it horizonal You probably will be able to use the fittings already in the tank. Most tanks have at least one 1-1/2 and one 1-1/4 with a couple other 1in or 3/4in holes. Weld a pipe on the bottem of your return pipe so when you screw it into the tank it will be about two inches from the bottem. Pull the hot off the top and you are set to go, One of the 1in or 3/4in fittings will have a dip tube in it as that is the fitting that was used to pump out the propane.
leaddog

 

[chuck172]

I'm gonna go with 4 1-1/4" couplings on the top of the tank. I'm trying to find out in another topic here if I can get away with using 1" instead of 1 1/4" charging the tank and supplying the heating load.
Welding on the tank is a frightening thing for me. I'm gonna take precautions.

 

[Tattooz]

Are those tanks cleaned on the inside any way before being used in this manner...????

Sorry just read the whole post...... I was wondering about the Mercaptan smell..??

 

[chuck172]

I don't know about other tanks but I lucked out on this one. Very faint odor. Flushed it with about 10 gallons of water, just clear water drained out. Again, very slight propane odor. I don't smell the foul, skunkish odor of mercaptain. I'm gonna flush it out with water and bleach next. Then about two full water flushes, then comes the welding. (pray-for-me!!)