Propane Line - Extra Long - 30+ feet?
I want to use the following two items connected to my quick connect propane connection on my trailer. Has anyone done this? I read somewhere that it would be hard because that line already installed f...
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You can run 2 (or more) regulators on the same line. My unmodified Weber "Baby Q" runs great when supplied from the quick connect near the rear outside kitchen of my trailer, then through a 10' hose and the 4' hose that comes with the TT, about a 35' run total. You can put 30 regulators in line if you want to, all they do is lower the gas pressure to a set pressure. IOW, if you have 5 lbs pressure coming out of the regulator at your front propane tanks, it travels at 5 lbs through the system until it meets a lower regulator. From that regulator, it is then lowered to whatever that regulator is set at, often 1.5 lbs. If it encounters another 1.5 lb regulator, nothing happens. If it encounters a 3 lb regulator, it will still be at 1.5. You can run it 100 feet if you want, the pressure should remain the same unless you have a leak. Leak = bad.
You don't need much gas pressure to run appliances correctly. Check the pressure specs on your stick home furnace. Mine is 100,000 BTU, and requires only 3.5 lbs pressure. It was turned up too high (pressure coming into the house is 5.5 lbs), and the furnace guy adjusted the furnace to the manufacturers specified 3.5 lbs. It ran quieter and more efficient this past winter as a result. The 75000 BTU furnace in my barn runs off a 1.5 lb regulator at the propane tank outside, then to the 1.5 lb regulator at the furnace. Runs great.
The problem comes in when you run the gas through a 1.5 lb regulator, then it encounters an appliance that needs 3 lbs. Its not going to run very well.
You don't need much gas pressure to run appliances correctly. Check the pressure specs on your stick home furnace. Mine is 100,000 BTU, and requires only 3.5 lbs pressure. It was turned up too high (pressure coming into the house is 5.5 lbs), and the furnace guy adjusted the furnace to the manufacturers specified 3.5 lbs. It ran quieter and more efficient this past winter as a result. The 75000 BTU furnace in my barn runs off a 1.5 lb regulator at the propane tank outside, then to the 1.5 lb regulator at the furnace. Runs great.
The problem comes in when you run the gas through a 1.5 lb regulator, then it encounters an appliance that needs 3 lbs. Its not going to run very well.
