Can You Have Too Many Propane Appliances?

With Superior Propane, the sky’s the limit!

How can you maximize your home comfort all year round while lowering your home’s energy spending and protecting yourself from the ever-increasing threat of electric grid outages? Propane products — from home heating equipment to appliances throughout your home — are an awesome solution. You can power so many products with propane, plus back up your home’s grid electricity with a propane standby generator.

But is there a limit on the number of propane appliances you have in your home? In this article, we’ll explain what impacts how many propane products your home can accommodate and how Superior Propane helps households in northern Arizona get the most from their gas appliances.

Is there such a thing as “too many” propane appliances?

Generally speaking, you can have as many propane appliances as you like, provided that they are all safely installed and connected by a licensed professional.
The only limit you need to consider when adding more propane appliances is your propane tank. If, for example, your home currently has a propane range in the kitchen and a propane dryer in the laundry room, then a 150-gallon propane tank should be fine. If you decide to convert your home heating to propane or add a high-usage appliance like a pool heater, you will need to increase your fuel storage. Otherwise, you’ll need too-frequent propane deliveries and risk unanticipated runouts.

If you’re a Superior Propane customer who leases a propane tank, we can swap out your tank for a larger model — and the process is totally hassle-free!

What are the advantages of adding propane appliances?

We like to tell customers that propane appliances can pretty much always boost your quality of life. Here are a few ways:

1. Lower energy spending. Propane appliances have exceptional efficiency. Propane furnaces have fuel efficiency ratings as high as 98.5%. Propane water heaters can roughly double the hot water recovery rate of electric units (and propane tankless water heaters are even more efficient). Propane dryers have much shorter drying cycles, too.
2. Clean operations. Propane is a low-carbon alternative energy source that contains zero methane and emits virtually no particulate matter in combustion.
3. Amazing amenities. In addition to standard home appliances, you can also install attractive amenities like gas logs, firepits, outdoor kitchens and more!
4. Energy security. Many propane appliances like ranges and fireplaces work even during a power outage, and with a propane standby generator, you can keep your home powered even when the grid fails.

Here’s a bonus benefit of adding more propane appliances.

When you add propane appliances, you can reduce the number of high-consumption electrical products that you need to accommodate with your standby generator. This means you can often downsize your standby generator — making it more affordable — because it isn’t running power-hungry electrical heating appliances.

Superior Propane is your propane appliance partner.

When households in Flagstaff, Prescott and other northern Arizona cities want to add propane appliances, they turn to Superior Propane for assistance. We can help you pick the ideal products and possibly even assist you in qualifying for rebates, discounts and tax incentives. We can connect and safety-test your new appliances and ensure you have the right propane tank for your needs.

Are you taking advantage of all that propane has to offer? Reach out to Superior Propane for guidance on adding gas appliances to your home.