Mysterious Propane "Leak"
Sorry about the length but I hope with enough details someone can explain what is a mystery to me. After 5 years or so my propane pigtails had hardened. Since the regulator was the original from...
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StirCrazy wrote:
check to see if the relief in the regulator is letting anything out. I have seen a bunch of brand new regulators fail in the last 5 years.
Thanks, I checked again for any odor. Not a whiff. I had already sprayed soapy water on the entire regulator without any bubbles. The relief outlet is about an inch in diameter, way too big for a soap bubble test. So I covered it with a piece of masking tape. If there is any escaping gas I would expect to have at least enough pressure to unseal the tape. I will check in an hour or so.
I am also running a test for the significance of the leak. I weighed my primary tank and after a week or two will check the weight. I only have a bathroom scale so it will need to lose at least a pound before I can see a difference.
