stro1965 wrote:
I thought it was as simple as buying a hose. Wrong. My grill has a pressure regulator that apparently has to go away if I want to use the low pressure hook- up on my RV. Anyone have an easy way to do this?
This won't solve your problem exactly but it may help you solve it.
I ended up with a Roadtrip LXE grill that didn't have a regulator and quickly found out, they are a real bear to find in the USA. Found some in Canada and a couple in the UK. With shipping the cost would have been over $60. So I too went looking for an alternative and I found it yesterday.
My Roadtrip grill is now connected to a standard regulated hose that goes to a bulk tank. The regulated hose has a standard 3/8" flare female connector. I found that a Watts 3/8 in FL x 3/8 in FIP coupling (LFA-176) has the correct thread size to screw onto the pipe that the regulator normally attaches to. These are available at Lowe's or Home Depot for between $2.50 and $3.25 each. Unfortunately, the hole diameter of that coupling is too small to allow the pipe to pass thru it. I expanded the existing hole with a 3/16" drill bit. That gave me the clearance I need to screw it onto the existing pipe but it looked like it might also interfere with the flow of gas to the grill, so I counterbored the coupling with a 3/8" drill bit.
A little yellow pipe tape on the threads (requires disassembly of the grill), screw on the coupling and it's good to go. Grill fires up nice and no leaks.
