Delete a Propane Solenoid Safety Valve?

The LP solenoid is powered by the LP detector. Without power from the detector, the valve is closed, not allowing for fuel to flow.
Solenoid is not required. Yes, you can just remove it!

Thank you. I'll give the LP Detector some attention tomorrow before I delete the solenoid.

Post the make and model of your LP detector? There is normally a date on the back of the unit.
When I changed my LP detector, leaving solenoid in place, I had to upgrade the solenoid as the old one was not rated for continuous duty.

The OEM Propane detector is a 7719 from CCI, who went out of business in 2008. If you no longer have the 7719 detector, then just remove the valve. Do not apply 12 volts to the valve coil. The coil is designed to work with the original CCI detector and is 9 volts. If you have the original 7719, it can repaired by Larry at ccirepairs@gmail.com
Behind the detector are 3 wires. 2 red wires go to the battery banks. The yellow wire goes to the valve coil and supplies ground to the detector.

Richard

I did full replacement Safe t alert
detector with no solenoid is a good replacement that includes CO detector.

Moved to Tech Issues forum from DIY.

Also, some solenoids are normally closed and others are normally open. So if you removed voltage, the valve would close. Others would be if you applied voltage the valve would close.

The hydrocarbon detector (propane) and the propane safety shutoff solenoid are designed to operate together to minimize the possibility of propane leaks in the interior of your motor home. If you disable the system, you no longer have that safety feature. If, for some reason, the flame blows out on your range top, propane gas will now begin to fill your motor home. If someone (by accident) jars one of the range burner valves, opening it without lighting the burner, the same thing happens. Now, it's just a matter of time until the propane reaches stoichiometry, finds an ignition source, and, . . . . . . . . Bye!

In similar fashion, many fuel injected cars have an inertially activated fuel pump shutoff valve that cuts power to the fuel pump relay after an accident. (even if the engine remains running) After a serious accident, with fuel lines breached, pouring fuel on a high potential fire hazard is generally NOT a good idea.

When you are racing and have a serious accident, there's always a track safety crew to come and quickly extinquish any fire(s). In your motor home, . . . not so.

Chum lee

Many rigs have LP detector with no solenoid.

Chum lee wrote:
The hydrocarbon detector (propane) and the propane safety shutoff solenoid are designed to operate together to minimize the possibility of propane leaks in the interior of your motor home. If you disable the system, you no longer have that safety feature. If, for some reason, the flame blows out on your range top, propane gas will now begin to fill your motor home. If someone (by accident) jars one of the range burner valves, opening it without lighting the burner, the same thing happens. Now, it's just a matter of time until the propane reaches stoichiometry, finds an ignition source, and, . . . . . . . . Bye!

In similar fashion, many fuel injected cars have an inertially activated fuel pump shutoff valve that cuts power to the fuel pump relay after an accident. (even if the engine remains running) After a serious accident, with fuel lines breached, pouring fuel on a high potential fire hazard is generally NOT a good idea.

When you are racing and have a serious accident, there's always a track safety crew to come and quickly extinquish any fire(s). In your motor home, . . . not so.

Chum lee

Your concern is duly noted..

However, in reality, the amount of RVs factory equipped with solenoids controlled by LP detector are very few compared to the quantity of RVs without.

Highly doubt there is more RV fires and explosions that happen with RVs without that system.

It is a great idea but in reality not necessary, not required by law and over the yrs different manufacturers have come and gone and when it comes time to repair the systems parts often will not interchange and obsolete systems, the parts are made of "unobtainium" causing a major retrofit.

Millions, perhaps billions of homes are serviced by propane or natural gas also, not all that many (if any at all) make the news as blowing up because someone accidentally "bumped" on of the ranged valves or wind blew out the flame.

Comparing auto fuel systems isn't all that good of a comparison either. Fuel injection systems operate at very high pressure (40PSI-50PSI) and when a vehicle is involved in an accident the concern is all that fuel under high pressure spraying on to very hot engine and exhaust parts creating an intense fire ball..

The propane at your appliances is maybe 1/2 PSI..