ProCom Radiant Vent-Free Liquid Propane Heater — 25,000 BTU, Model# ML250TPA

Do any of you have one of these?





I have never dealt with propane before. How much propane would this go through? What would I have to do to get this hooked up? Does a propane supplier do the pipe running or do I?

Very novice here. Look for an alternative heat source to my pellet stove.

I have one of them in my big shed and it works great. If you put it on high it can eat up some propane and in the house they create moisture (which may not be so bad this time of year). You can simply run some piping from it to a regular grill tank outside or hook right into a big tank. I used 1/2" black pipe then onto a 10 foot propane rubber hose to the tank. Simply hang it on the wall or use the legs and allow it to sit on the floor. It is real simple to hook up and operate. By the way it is -2 here right now.........

so if I ran this thing for lets say 8 hours on high.. It would use 29.44 gallons ! that is a little over 3 days for 100 gallons... How much is propane? WOW

hmm, I called my propane company for prices..

With a 3 year contract it is $2.53 / gallon

or without contract it is $4.09 / gallon..

Plus a $80 new tank set and $72 per year tank rental.

So lets say the whole month was freezing cold, and I ran it for 8 hours

8*30 = 240 hours
240 / 2.17 = 110 gallons
110 * 2.53 = $278 a month

(did I figure this right)

Wow that would be a lot and not affordable for me.. now this is the worst case scenario but,
dang it..

What do you pay for your pellets? Propane at $2.53 per gallon at 99.9% efficiency = $27.73 per million btus. Pellets at $250 per ton at 75% efficiency = $20.20 per million BTUs. Pellets would save you about 28% or $46 per month. So for $46 per month (more or less depending on the price of pellets) is it worth doing the extra work involved with a pellet stove?

Around my area pellets are $250 - $280 / ton. which I use about a ton a month. Also at the time all I could afford is a cheap pellet stove, which was a huge mistake. I looked at the 40,000 btu propane fireplaces, which is about what my pellet stove is. But, again if I figured that right that would be $835 a month right. Running 24 hours a day.

92/40=2.3
24 / 2.3= 11 gallons

30 * 11 = 330 gallons
330 * $2.53 = $835 ( this seems high for some reason)

( sorry not good with numbers)

So I either need a small propane heater for part of my house or a bigger pellet stove.