Propane tank not really doing it?
Learning new things....like...I had no idea that a bbq propane tank regulator could be reset. Ours just wasn't putting out the gas tonight...figured regulator needed replacing, but...just to know...Go...
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garyhaupt wrote:
............ Reconnect the hose to your propane tank and slowly turn on the gas.Gary Haupt
That's the key, opening the valve slowly. Opening it too fast allows the LP to flow out into the hose in a rush, which trips the "Excess Flow Check-Valve".
The check-valve is the part in the center of the plastic nut (called an Acme nut, for the type of threads it has) on the tank end of the hose. When it's tripped, it allows just a trickle of gas through, which can confuse the situation in an RV, because your low-usage appliances like the fridge or the stove top may work, but the furnace won't. The color of the Acme nut indicates the amount of LP in BTU's the check-valve is rated to flow without tripping.
There's also a thermal bushing in the tank end of the hose that in a fire will melt, and allow the spring-loaded part of the OPD tank valve to push the excess-flow check valve on the hose out of the tank valve, shutting off the flow of gas entirely.
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