TW and WC on a propane tank

labman · #1 Jul 5, 2005, 10:03 AM

What do those stand for? I was looking on some of the common sized ones, and the TW was about 18 - 17.5, 18.9, etc. The WC was closer to 48. Most of the places exchanging tanks here only put in 17-18 pounds which is much less than the tank would hold if the the WC is the weight charged, or weight of charge.

I have a smaller tank marked TW 10.5 and WC 10.2. It weighs 14 pounds now part full.

Flickit · Jul 7, 2005, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by labman

What do those stand for? I was looking on some of the common sized ones, and the TW was about 18 - 17.5, 18.9, etc. The WC was closer to 48. Most of the places exchanging tanks here only put in 17-18 pounds which is much less than the tank would hold if the the WC is the weight charged, or weight of charge.

I have a smaller tank marked TW 10.5 and WC 10.2. It weighs 14 pounds now part full.

...Tare Weight (Tank empty) and WC for Water Capacity (maximum propane capacity is about 80% of WC).



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