

| Subject: | propane facts - Propex & Carver furnaces |
| From: | Richard A Jones |
| Date: | Mon, 6 Mar 2006 22:22:24 -0700 |
I took specs from the Propex on-line brochures and
my Carver P4 manual and various on-line conversion sites
and assembled the following, which might be of interest
to anyone with a furnace or considering one. This page
is also on-line at:
http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/PropaneFacts.html
For the curious, pictures of a Carver installation are at:
http://www.sittser.com/P4Pictures.htm The Propex 1800
fits very similarly, I believe.
[Anyone noticing errors, please p-mail me.]
Richard A Jones
Boulder, Colorado
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Propane Factiods
6 Mar 2006 RAJ
US: 11" water = 0.03974 psi
British: 37 mbar (= 15" water [14.86"] = 0.555 psi)
Propex Carver Carver Propex
1800 P4 high P4 low 2800
gram/hr propane in 128 175 88 225
kW propane in 2.4 1.4
= gal/hr 0.0664 0.09099 0.04576 0.11675
hr/2.5 gal tank 37.6 27.4 54.6 21.4
kW out 1.6 2.2 1.2 2.8
BTU out 5461 7260 4095 9556
current consumpt (A) 1.2 2.5 max 1.2 max 1.9
misc:
1 gram = 0.00220462 lbs
1 BTU = 0.0002930722 kW-hr
1 mbar = 0.4165" water
1" water = 2.4897 mbar
1 mbar = 0.015 pse
1" water = 0.03602 psi
1 psi = 27.7612" water
1 gal = 91500 btu = 4.23 kbs
1 gal = 36 cu ft
lbs / 4.23 = gal
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