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Does this heater use liquid propane or propane gas?

8 years ago
In the product description it says duel fuel natural gas or propane gas, but then it also says duel fuel natural gas or liquid propane. Which is it?
Avenger Dual Fuel Ventless Blue Flame Gas Heater With Base, 30,000 BTU, T-Stat · More Info

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  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    They are both the same(propanes)... when you put propane gas under pressure it takes a liquid form. This is why your propane tank for your gas grill sloshes around in the tank but when you turn your grill on, it goes from liquid to gas. Liquid Propane "boils" at -45 degrees and turns to a vapor. By putting it under pressure, you kind of "squeeze" the droplets out of the gas and it turns to liquid.

    Natural gas is made up of several gases, is hard to compress into a tank and comes out of the ground in that form. It is what gets "pumped" to your house if your community has those underground lines. Propane is easier to compress and put in tanks, it is "produced" and gets delivered by truck to a tank you have stored by your house.

    lori1133 thanked Michael M