Where does the propane go?
Ol biscuit and I disagreed on whether or not is was possible for there to be air in a propane system basically with the tank valve shut and all the appliances turned off(valves shut). He said impossi...
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donn0128 wrote:
He may be a retired something but gas specialist he aint. Leave my gas off for a couple of weeks turn it on and it takes several minutes for gas to refill the lined enough to light a burner. Been that way on every RV I have used or owned way back to 1977. Same RVS have been tested with no gas leaks! Where it goes? No clue. I'm not small enough to crawl thru the lines to watch my gas excape. I just know it is so.
BTW rubber hoses can and do leak. Even brand new.
ABSOLUTELY!
When I first turn on the LP, the stove won't light, the water heater won't light and the fridge won't light and the furnace won't light. The LP has largely dissipated from the lines and they are "full" of air.
It takes a solid 30 seconds (if not more) to get enough gas to the stove to keep a sustained flame...maybe a minute or more for the Hot water heater which is at the end of almost 30 feet of tubing.
