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    Posted: 16 Oct 2019 at 7:37am
Posted this a couple years back:

Check out these products: www.mopeka.com/products

Mine works extremely well and can be moved from one tank to another (magnetic attachment to bottom of cylinder).
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These work well too.  Might need a different size for a non-20lb tank.

https://www.amazon.com/PBKay-PG100-Propane-Gauge-Scale/dp/B011ACGEEW

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Blue Rhino fills LP tanks to 15 pounds. This is stated on the tank label and on the website.
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Filling propane tanks is somewhat temperature sensitive. The higher the temperature, the more the stuff expands. The gauge on our 500 gallon tank that we use for our house has a built-in de-rating to accommodate temperature expansion. In fact, it is posted to not fill over 80%. 
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I have heard that the standard practice is to only fill the 5 gallon tanks with 4 1/2 gallons. I don’t know if that’s because they need a margin of error when atmospheric pressure changes?

What’s the best thing to do with my in-line pressure gauge? Should I take it off? If it’s not really that accurate I don’t see the point in having it. Is it true that it can cause problems with gas flow.
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We have some local places that supply Blue Rhino, and I've found those are often short of a full load. However, we also have numerous outlets that supply pre-filled tanks from Amerigas. Those seem to be filled most of the time; at least the ones we've checked.

However, most of the time, we just fill the tanks. Occasionally, we have one with a damaged shut-off valve or other issues, and we just exchange them. We use about 10 times the propane for our Weber grill than we do for the R-pod.
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Will only speak from experience from those who do the Blue Rhino exchange.  Every time we have weighed a Blue Rhino tank it is only 75% filled.  I realize that many do the exchange when their old tank is near the expiration date (10 years from production date on tank).  Our local hardware store does the "upgrade" on the tank for $3.00 and this is good for another 5 years.  May want to check with your local propane supplier to see if this is an option.  The upgrade takes them almost 5 minutes at tops with normal time being about 3 minutes.
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Originally posted by john in idaho

Also - just remember if you buy the prefilled tank, you will only 16 # of propane.  
Not always. The issue with pre-filled tanks is that they are often not filled all the way (but not always). The only time we buy the pre-filled ones is when we have an older tank that is past its use-by date.
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Also - just remember if you buy the prefilled tank, you will only 16 # of propane.  
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I use the armstrong method with my calibrated elbow. That and you can hear the sloshing. I also think the hot water method is among the cheapest and easiest.
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