Propane tanks freezing up

[low277]

kat's heaters makes a small silicone stick on

heat pad that draws 2.1 amps or 27 watts. I just bought one for my oil tank on my 4 stroke snowmobile. It's small but it might just be enough to help the liquid evaporate. Plus I think it's probably safer then the bigger magnetic ones too. They do make them in bigger sizes too but the the amps are going to go up. If I had to guess on the size of mine it's 1 1/2" tall by 5" to 6" long. The cost was $21.00

This same company also make a battery warming blanket that could possibly be wrapped around a tank, something like 80 - 100 watts at 120 volts.

[hawkeye43]

I was saying that houses were built so the tanks were enclosed in the V part of the house. That's what I saw growing up around New Prague and Le Center area. I built one house like that myself. That was in the early 80's to late 90's. Some people still build them that way, knowing that is a proven way that keeps LP tanks from freezing. A few guys I know made a vent between the house and storage to blow warm air into the tank area to keep it a little warmer when it got really cold.

I remember fishing Mille Lacs a couple of weekends with my wife,(then girlfriend) It was -48 on the lake. Now thinking back that wasn't one of the brightest thing I ever did, she hasn't stayed in the fish house over night ever since.