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Old-Biscuit
May 28, 2019Explorer III
Buy a bottle of that bubble solution kids use to make bubbles...Dollar General, Dollar Tree, 99 cent Store etc
Cheap and great for using as soapy solution to do leak checks with
Opening the Propane Service Valve will NOT damage the regulator.
It CAN cause the Excess Flow Device to trip which then limits the flow of propane.
Opening it slowly allows downstream/upstream pressure to equalize w/o tripping the Excess Flow.
If tripped...close Service Valve...wait 30 seconds and then SLOWLY open Service Valve again
Propane Service Valves should be fully Open or Fully Closed.
No 'partially open'
Cheap and great for using as soapy solution to do leak checks with
Opening the Propane Service Valve will NOT damage the regulator.
It CAN cause the Excess Flow Device to trip which then limits the flow of propane.
Opening it slowly allows downstream/upstream pressure to equalize w/o tripping the Excess Flow.
If tripped...close Service Valve...wait 30 seconds and then SLOWLY open Service Valve again
Propane Service Valves should be fully Open or Fully Closed.
No 'partially open'
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