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I have an idea for putting a small burn barrel ontop of a BBQ propane tank. I saw one of these recently. Last year someone in our camp
had a burn barrel, thought they had the ashes all out and it ended up catching their trailer on fire on the way home, outside of Gerlach.
I saw this great burn barrel ontop of a propane tank. What kind of attachment or adjustment to I need to make on the Propane tank to get
some kind of pipe with holes in it, to go up inside the barrel? What I saw was something like a gas fire pipe that was in a coil.. Can I coil something like this? I remember finding a thread with some talk about how to adjust the propane take to handle flames coming out. I can't find it... Any help anyone would have would be just great. Thanks for your time.....
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I have an idea for putting a small burn barrel ontop of a BBQ propane tank. I saw one of these recently. Last year someone in our camp
had a burn barrel, thought they had the ashes all out and it ended up catching their trailer on fire on the way home, outside of Gerlach.
I saw this great burn barrel ontop of a propane tank. What kind of attachment or adjustment to I need to make on the Propane tank to get
some kind of pipe with holes in it, to go up inside the barrel? What I saw was something like a gas fire pipe that was in a coil.. Can I coil something like this? I remember finding a thread with some talk about how to adjust the propane take to handle flames coming out. I can't find it... Any help anyone would have would be just great. Thanks for your time.....
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Re: Propane tank help
Fri, June 12, 2009 - 10:41 AMYou'd be fine using the flame element from a backyard bar be cue. Might be better to use a little propane rated hose, rather than setting it right on top. Less likely to tip over. -
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Re: Propane tank help
Sun, June 14, 2009 - 10:23 AMI am not to keen on the idea of the tank touching the barrel at all, but you might want to ge a old BBQ set up where the tank sat underneath and build your "barrel" on top. You can use the rated hoses and burners, but cut off the diffuser after the Venturi. This should give you a nice hot smokeless flame. You can shoot the flame under some Lava rocks for a better effect. Be sure not to restrict the output of your burner after the venturi as this will cause the flame to sputter.
A pipe burner used for starting your fireplace would work nice, or go to a ceramic supply store and get a propane rated kiln burner, these are cast iron and very rugged. -
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Re: Propane tank help
Mon, June 15, 2009 - 10:58 AMThank you for your imput. I appreciate your time. Just found someone who teaches welding sculpture art so will start there and keep
my eyes out for barrels, kegs, etc.
What I saw previously was a BBQ in a plastic crate. The small barrel was placed on top of that and held on by these expansion bolts things.
You could also bolt the crate down into the ground so that it would not tip. Hadn't thought about the heat from the barrel touching the tank.
Lots to learn when you don't know any of it... (smile). Thanks again for everyone's helpful ideas and experience. -
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Re: Safety Third
Thu, June 18, 2009 - 1:03 AMIts actually a good thing to have the source of flame on top of ,or very near the storage cannister, as the gas heats up it expands which in turn gives you increased pressure and efficiency. The key to not blowing yourself up is in having good tanks and not having them in direct contact with flame.
Disclaimer: I am not currently and have never been the fire marshall (although sometimes I do portray one on T.V.)
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