Propane is a more useful fuel source than you probably realize. Propane tanks are used on houses, industrial buildings, campers, lodges, and food trucks. Propane can power a generator and propane can even cool your food. If you live around Hartford, CT you probably don’t have to worry about using a propane refrigerator, unless you have a camper. For people on some of the lakes in CT, though they do get use.
Some of these uses are more common in places like Maine where it’s much more possible to be off the power grid, in Connecticut however the density is such that few people rely on propane tanks for power and cooling. People do use propane tanks for heating though as the gas network doesn’t reach everywhere. Propane does have some commercial uses as well.
Food trucks aren’t as big of a business in Hartford, CT as they are in Boston, MA or NYC, NY, they do have business though, and UCONN’s main campus has a fair number of them about. These trucks serve a valuable role, especially on UCONN’s campus where a student can be a mile away from a meal, only have fifteen minutes, and be desperately hungry. The stoves, grills, and refrigeration units on these trucks are powered by propane. It would seem intuitive that you’d power that off of the gasoline engine, but it’s hard to actually use gasoline in that way, and using the car engine to generate enough electricity to power everything would be inefficient.
We tend to think of propane tanks only in terms of the ones found under grills, but the honest truth is that propane is a very efficient fuel source and one that can be used in a multitude of ways. Campers use propane the same way food trucks and lodges do. It’s also worth noting that air conditioners used to use propane to cool instead of Freon. Now an individual in Hartford, CT itself might not have much use for propane, most of the city is rental property, and few people grill, but outside of the city, even if you don’t want to use propane specifically, you might end up needing to install propane tanks. It’s cheaper to install propane tanks quite often than to connect to the gas system, and in some cases it’s just impossible to connect to the gas system. Though some of the uses of propane have diminished with technology, it’s still a widely used and rather important fuel. Even if you yourself never use it directly you most likely benefit from it in some way.
Propane is a commonly used very clean fuel. Propane tanks can be found not just on grills but connected to houses and commercial buildings, no matter what your need for propane is if you want a free estimate to set yourself up with a system and you live in or near Hartford, CT you can call Preferred Energy Group in Vernon, CT 860-870-9276 or find them online to arrange a free estimate.