T bone
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What exactly do I need to hook up to the onboard propane tank and use that rather than carrying all those bottles?Seems most places we go does not have the electrical service for using electric skillets and griddles.Thanx.
1999 Georgetown 325S,V-10 Ford.
2002 Ford Ranger Edge toad
carrying a 2001 Yamaha Warrior.
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Stressor
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Go Here and type propane in the search bar. They have everything.
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wa8yxm
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or go here http://www.marshallbrass.com/rv.htm
Scroll down to the first two items
The Extend-a-flow is for rigs with portable tanks (Such as most trailers)
The Extend-a-stay is for rigs with FIXED tanks (such as most motor homes)
The "Flow" is a simple "T", comes with extension hose to run out to your grill (you can get additional hose if you wish, I wished)
The "Stay" not only performs that function but adds an Inlet so you can run your motor home off a portable tank or other "external" tank if you wish (300 gallon job for example) and it includes check valves to insure you don't move gas from tank to tank, and it includes a "Excess Flow" or what I call catastrophy valve.. This cuts off propane flow ( or cuts it to a trickle) if you rupture a line.. or at least tis supposed to.
Very nice valve.. I have one on the rig below.. Have used that inlet on a couple of cold nights when the on board tank was... EMPTY!
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sum1
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Just remember to sort out which appliances should be hooked to low pressure and which ones can be hooked to high pressure. Often, the fittings used give a clue.
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drakebliss
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I have a similar question and am very curious to get more details re. the last post in this chain. I have a 26' travel trailer equipped with dual 30# propane canisters. I want to connect a table top style grill to the trailer propane while camping but have discovered it's not quite that straight forward. My table top grill has a regulator on it that the manufacturer says not to remove, for safety reasons I assume. It works fine with my 20# canister at home, but when I connect it directly to the 30# canisters on the trailer I get just a single 'whif' and then nothing. Is this a pressure issue that can be easily resolved? or do I need a special kind of adapter? I've seen some that look different from the quick connect on the grill hose. There is much discussion about this topic on RV sites, but no well explained answers. I don't like to take along the smaller canisters if I can use the one's already on the trailer.
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wa8yxm
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Sounds like a faulty safety valve.. There are two safety devices built into the new propane connectors (The kind where you screw them on OVER the tank)
One is an over temp sensor.. If it gets hot, it melts, when it melts the center "Probe" of the fitting moves out a bit,, This releases the center pin on the tank shutting off the gas flow
The other is what is called an Excess Flow Valve.. This will often close if you open the tank valve rapidly with a new hose on the tank.. Solution is to open the tank valve very slowly
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