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Originally Posted by jimbo12
When your tank gauge reads FULL it is at the 80% level by design. You can see that on the gauge F and 80%.
The fact that you went from 1/2 to F with 4.3 gallons would lead me to believe you have a 40 pound tank, not a 76 pound. The numbers on the tank are key to the mystery.
One of 3 things are going on: 1) the RV builder put the wrong tank in...not unheard of, or 2) the float in the tank was not installed correctly, or 3) the tank gauge is faulty. I would take the gauge off and see if there is crud behind it. It is either a snap on or there are two small screws holding it on. It will come off without losing any gas from the tank.
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Seeing the 17.6 gal under the tanks all but confirms that that is the pre *0% number; so I am concluding my actual capacity really is 14 gallons (80% of 17.6 GAL number I saw on tank). I can confirm that last Dec I added 10.1 gallons and it was NOT empty.
1. I will confirm tank Monday but I doubt they put in wrong tank? If it were suppose to be larger it would NOT fit. All documentation I have and online say tank capacity is (18 gal) but tank has 17.6 gal number on it.
2. Float may be an issue, I will have them check before it goes off warranty.
3. Tank gauge faulty? If it were out of warranty, I probably would check myself, it has two screws. Kind of odd because the gauge almost block your view of the gauge if that make sense
I will have this added to check out with #2 above.
EDIT: the piece blocking the gauge I reference in #3 may actually be the sensor that goes to the inside RV panel on the wall? If so, the way it is installed it covers up about 1/3 of the gauge that is on the tank.
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