Several months after my wife died, I moved out of the home we had shared. The gas account had been in her name all this time. When I contacted the gas company, they told me I would be getting a refund of the balance I had overpaid.
A few months later, I received a check for the amount. I deposited it and thought nothing of making use of the funds now in my account. I was surprised to receive notice of an overdraft at my financial institution. The gas company had--after the two weeks after signing and sending, and the several days it took me to make use of some of the funds--stopped payment on the check, causing me to bounce several checks.
They refused to return the funds, saying that they needed proof of my late wife's death to justify sending the money. In the process, they caused me months of financial difficulties and brought up painful memories in the most abusive manner possible.
Purchasing propane from the Home Depot Amerigas kiosk is certainly convienent. However, I noticed today that they declare the net weight of their tanks to be 15 pounds. Propane fillers or locations where you have the tank filled rather than exchange an empty tank for a different full one, will fill these tanks 80% full to allow for expansion. the standard according to B.J.'s wholesale club is 4.6 gallons. The density of propane at 25 degrees C is .493 grams per cubic centimeter. Converting gives 4.11 pounds per gallon.
Propane weighs about 4.2 pounds per US gallon, at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Propane expands 1.5% per 10 degrees F.
At 25 degrees celcius 4.6 pounds of propane SHOULE net out to 18.906 pounds meaning Amerigas tank exchange program is shorting the total capacity of the tank by almost 4 gallons or just about 21%.
Home depot pricing on the exchange is $17.49 or very similar to what I paid at B.J.'s this morning with one major difference. At B.J.'s I recieved 4.6 gallons while at the Amerigas kiosk I would have only recieved 10.9 gallons for the same price.
Amerigas Propane Reviews
Several months after my wife died, I moved out of the home we had shared. The gas account had been in her name all this time. When I contacted the gas company, they told me I would be getting a refund of the balance I had overpaid.
A few months later, I received a check for the amount. I deposited it and thought nothing of making use of the funds now in my account. I was surprised to receive notice of an overdraft at my financial institution. The gas company had--after the two weeks after signing and sending, and the several days it took me to make use of some of the funds--stopped payment on the check, causing me to bounce several checks.
They refused to return the funds, saying that they needed proof of my late wife's death to justify sending the money. In the process, they caused me months of financial difficulties and brought up painful memories in the most abusive manner possible.
Purchasing propane from the Home Depot Amerigas kiosk is certainly convienent. However, I noticed today that they declare the net weight of their tanks to be 15 pounds. Propane fillers or locations where you have the tank filled rather than exchange an empty tank for a different full one, will fill these tanks 80% full to allow for expansion. the standard according to B.J.'s wholesale club is 4.6 gallons. The density of propane at 25 degrees C is .493 grams per cubic centimeter. Converting gives 4.11 pounds per gallon.
Propane weighs about 4.2 pounds per US gallon, at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Propane expands 1.5% per 10 degrees F.
At 25 degrees celcius 4.6 pounds of propane SHOULE net out to 18.906 pounds meaning Amerigas tank exchange program is shorting the total capacity of the tank by almost 4 gallons or just about 21%.
Home depot pricing on the exchange is $17.49 or very similar to what I paid at B.J.'s this morning with one major difference. At B.J.'s I recieved 4.6 gallons while at the Amerigas kiosk I would have only recieved 10.9 gallons for the same price.
Poikelos
edgewood, Maryland
U.S.A.