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Old 11-30-2020, 05:13 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stubby79 View Post
You're off by 1 gallon!

A pound is roughly a litre - nice and convenient, that - so its 2.9-3G.
I was going by energy equivalent.

Propane is 4.2 lbs per gallon
Gasoline is 116,000 btu per gallon
Propane is 84,250 btu per gallon

11 lb / 4.2 = 2.62 gallons of propane
2.62 / (114,1000/84250) = 1.94 gallons gasoline equivalent.
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