Low pressure propane outlet - useless?

I have the same low pressure connection on my Arctic Fox 25Y. I bought a propane fire pit (Outland). As others have said, I removed the regulator and hose and replaced it with a hose that screws into the fire pit and has quick disconnect on the other end. Works great!!

I've removed the regulator off of a grill and Stove, and set them both up with quick connects and shut off valve. The stove has an adjustable valve after the pressure regulator, grill does not, but it needs to be on high anyway.

I use an Extend-a-Stay (The original Marshall Brass product) to run my Grill on high pressure propane. it has a connector like on a throw away bottle and a matching extension hose. it also has a smaller 'inlet" connector so I can feed ther RV off a luggable tank (Have done so on occasion).

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As others have said there are low pressure grills. plus you can often adapt a high pressure grill to use low pressure.. Though I will NOT tell you how. it is often very easy.

Low pressure propane fittings are common on RVs and you need to remove the BBQ requlator.

This is my high pressure adapter with a El (for hose routing considerations) and a shutoff valve. The top external tank port came with the adapter. The BBQ connector is the standard 1lb 1" screw on propane bottle type.


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Hoses with the standard 1” screw on adapters are available. And an adapter for the standard BBQ regulator fitting are available. Propane stores can also make custom length hoses however I use 1 or 2 12' hoses as needed.

Here are the parts that connect to any grill.

any grill with the low pressure regulator @ the cylinder/ACME nut. remove hose/reg, add hose/quick connect. Same for low pressure Lodge stoves.

As a rough rule of thumb, if you regulate the flame on a grill with a knob on the regulator, it won’t work. If the knob is a valve after the regulator, just remove it and you’ll be fine.

Many have converted their portable grills to low pressure by removing the regulator and getting the proper quick disconnect fittings and hose. There are kits available for doing it.

Here is a link to the Jayco owners forum that tells how owners have converted their Weber Q grills. Converting grills to low pressure

(A) there are low pressure grills and lantern available, they are just not common.
(B) those of us who don’t want to or can’t find them create our own by choosing devices we can remove the regulator from and put the needed quickconnect fitting on. Works fine, and much safer than having high pressure lines and fittings.
(C) I chose the latter course to save money. Instead of the $300 low pressure grill at the camper dealer, I bought a $99 grill at Wally World and sprang for $50 worth of plumbing parts. All I had to do was unscrew the 3 foot hose (with attached regulator) from the grill and screw together the six foot hose and fittings. If you know how to use a crescent wrench, you too can do that.