Suburban water heater
I have a Suburban Propane/Electric water heater in my fifth wheel. I notice that on extreme weather, the propane side will not fire up. The electric pilot activates, but it seems that no propane is th...
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Johno02 wrote:
Too cold, or frozen lines also.
2x.
And to think, there are some forum members that do not believe propane lines / and / or regulators freeze up in the winter months!
I forget who it was who recently said they didn't believe it, and wanted evidence that this was more of a common problem. So, whoever that was, here's another one having propane gas problems!
Usually it's the furnace that stops heating because either the regulator or the lines themselves are frozen. The freezing IS caused by H2O (water vapor) that condenses and causes a freeze. It don't take much ... usually at the regulator.
Extreme cold could cause an already almost empty tank of propane to loose what little pressure it has left too.
