shooters
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Is is possible to have an LP monitoring system installed in a coach that doesn't already have one, and if so, how expensive would it be...What's involved?
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wolfe10
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Are you interested in monitoring tank level, monitoring for potential LP leaks??
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shooters
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Hadn't though about leaks.....Was thinking levels only
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smkettner
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You can easily buy an automatic changeover regulator with remote indicator. It will indicate when one tank is empty and continue to use the second. Once you fill the empty tank that will become the reserve and the regulator will indicate when the other tank is empty. Maybe $100 to $200.
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wa8yxm
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There are several types of LP tank monitors
ONE is nothing more than a load cell.. This is a type of electronic scale, it slips under the tank and weighs the tank. Depending on how your tanks are held in palce it works well and is easy to install.. Alas, I do not have a URL for it
Other types rely on other things... Floats inside the tank is common on class A motor homes. You can also measure the pressure (how the auto-change over regulators do it) and you can slap a LCD strip on the tank and check by heating a pan of water to boiling over your propane stove and dumping it over the tank (The top part gets hot quickly, the part with gas in it remains cold, the LCD strip changes color by temp.)
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
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shooters
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Thanks for the info guys.
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javaseuf
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Do you have a motorhome?
If so, then many of the common Manchester tanks that have a level gauge on the tank, can be converted to read remotely with a magnet senser and panel-mount gauge.
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