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willald
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Apr 14, 2015

LP gas tank extension question

We like to use a turkey fryer/burner, something like THIS, to boil shrimp, various other things in a large pot (its often called a 'low country boil', and is great!). The burner for this has a 'female' type connector that screws onto a standard 20 pound portable LP gas tank.

In past trips, I've just carried a 20 pound LP gas tank in an outside storage bin that we use with this burner. This works OK, but I really don't like carrying a separate gas bottle in a storage bin. Makes me a bit nervous, and uses up storage space I'd rather use for other things. Would prefer to be able to tie into, use the permanent LP gas tank on the Motorhome.

The problem is that on our Motorhome, the LP tank is on the driver/street side near the front of the MH. Would prefer to use the burner, fryer on the curb (camping) side.

Sooo, my question is this: What would be the best, safest approach to allow using the fryer on the curb side?

Should I have a dealer run a permanent high pressure LP gas line from the MH's LP tank on driver side over to the curb side, and plug the burner in there? I'm thinking that'd be pretty expensive to do, and would require running a high pressure gas line near, across the engine and transmission. Does not seem like a good idea?

Another approach would be to just install a Y adapter on the LP gas tank, and purchase a very long LP gas extension hose that I'd connect and run over to the fryer on the other side just when using it. Would need to be at least 12' long, preferably more like 20'. Can high pressure LP gas hoses be had in that length? I like this approach better, as I could do it myself for much less $$ I'd think.

Any other thoughts? Anyone else use a burner like this, and have a similar predicament? If so, how did you solve it?

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